Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn loquaciousness lay insanity.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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