Living gives you a better understanding of life.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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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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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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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