Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWhere lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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