There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERSpontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
-
-
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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
In loquaciousness lay insanity.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
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 -
All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
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 FOSTER -
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 -
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
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 -
I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER