I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAn apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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