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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERSome of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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