There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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