Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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