Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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