That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER
Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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