I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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