Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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