Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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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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