There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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 inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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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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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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