I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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