Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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 inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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