I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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