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.
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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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 try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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