I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGiven all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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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 would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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