In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERBesides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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 write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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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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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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