Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn loquaciousness lay insanity.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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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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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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