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 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.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
-
-
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 -
We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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 -
Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
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 -
I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER -
When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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 -
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