I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.
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