It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIt’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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