I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERLiving gives you a better understanding of life.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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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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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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 see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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