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Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend."

Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting."

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.




Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect."

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief."

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.




Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly."

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all."

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known."

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.




Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance."

Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility."

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption."

The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new."

I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.




Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year."

I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games."

Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness"

An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web."

I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "I've been writing full-time since 1978."

I've been writing full-time since 1978.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics."

There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Don't try to write to the trend of the moment."

Don't try to write to the trend of the moment.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "In loquaciousness lay insanity."

In loquaciousness lay insanity.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note."

I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible."

I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. That means there's also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field."

There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. That means there's also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds."

The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century."

Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "But ... this will begin to make things right."

But ... this will begin to make things right.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "There was a freshness about her that the surrounding harsh landscape had failed to eliminate"

There was a freshness about her that the surrounding harsh landscape had failed to eliminate



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "She needed him. And he was nowhere to be found. There was no else she could rely on. No one like her brother. No one else at all."

She needed him. And he was nowhere to be found. There was no else she could rely on. No one like her brother. No one else at all.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Han Solo.A legend of the Rebellion against the Empire. Trader, pirate, con man, and fighter extraordinaire. It was hard to believe he was real, Finn thought. Solo was history come to life."

Han Solo.A legend of the Rebellion against the Empire. Trader, pirate, con man, and fighter extraordinaire. It was hard to believe he was real, Finn thought. Solo was history come to life.



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "Freedom is just chaos with better lighting"

Freedom is just chaos with better lighting



Alan Dean Foster Quotes: "It illuminated a vision Dante could not have imagined in his wildest nightmares, nor Poe in the grasp of an uncontrollable delirium."

It illuminated a vision Dante could not have imagined in his wildest nightmares, nor Poe in the grasp of an uncontrollable delirium.