Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWe’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGiven all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWriting allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe 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 FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThere is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERKeep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn loquaciousness lay insanity.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIf 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 FOSTERI play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERLast year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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