All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIf 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.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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