The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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