I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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 see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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