Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWe’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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