All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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