I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERFreedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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 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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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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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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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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