It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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