Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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 usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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