The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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 try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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