I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThat means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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 write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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