I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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 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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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