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 FOSTERIt is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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