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More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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