Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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