Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERDawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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