I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERKeep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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