Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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