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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.

Alan Dean Foster

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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Bit Crap Day Every Keep Little Look Result Write
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Better Chaos Freedom Just Light
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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Basketball Divide Hobby Least Once Play Traditional Year
Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Moment Trend Try Write
We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Check Game Paricular Poepilar Spevies Video
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Business Convention Fantasy Make Purpose Usually World Year
Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Art Culture Difference Wide Politics Travel
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year
It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Always Belief Hard Intrude Reality
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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Conglomerate Diversity Feel International Made Multimedia Overwhelming Triumph
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Available Certainly More New Start Write
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Amusement Base Book Cachalot Character Directly Every Known Someone
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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Ask Band Character Concentrate Discord Motivation Reader Start
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Assumption Dead Full Live People Universe
I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Celebrity Century Like People Really Rong
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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All Difficult Get Inside Mind Terrorist
I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Classical Enjoy heavy Listen Metal
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Become Besides Character Involve Love Mistake Reader Way
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Bad Bore Material Own Rapidly Tendency
It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Certain Kife Reward Sacrifice Sterility
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Allow Always Time Travel Want World Write
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

All Depend Fantasy Nature None Research Story
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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Before Consciousness Enjoy French-fries Piece Second Split Star Tree
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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Concentration Connect Level Personal Special Effect
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Around Arrangement Atom Drift Enjoy Nothing Particle Unfile
Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Advance Especial Existence Joy One Prepare Spontaneous
I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Ful Long Since Time Write

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