There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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