Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERScience-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWhen 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 FOSTERGetting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERLast year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIt’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGiven all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
ALAN DEAN FOSTEREnjoying 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 FOSTERGrowing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAn apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn loquaciousness lay insanity.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERKeep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERDon’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI 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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