There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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 usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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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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