I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWe’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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