I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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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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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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 see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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