It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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 write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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