I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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