I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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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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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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