I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
ALAN DEAN FOSTEREnjoying 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.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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 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 write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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