I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGetting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
-
-
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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 -
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 -
Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
The 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 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 -
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 -
It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER






