Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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