In loquaciousness lay insanity.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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