Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWe’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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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 try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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