All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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