I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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