Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERScience-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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 would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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