I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERLast year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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