Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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