I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWriting allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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