Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
ALAN DEAN FOSTEREven as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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