Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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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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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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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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