It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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.
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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