It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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.
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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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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 engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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