I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERDon’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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