Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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