So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERLiving gives you a better understanding of life.
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 -
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 -
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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 -
Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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 -
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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