Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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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 write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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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.
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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 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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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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