I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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