Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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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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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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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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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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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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