Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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 usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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