Living gives you a better understanding of life.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERFreedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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