Quotes of Alan Dean Foster - somelinesforyou

“ Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal. I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don't really have hobbies in the traditional sense... I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal. I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don't really have hobbies in the traditional sense... I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. 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

“ 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

“ I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I used to be of the outline school, but after 30 years I find it's no longer necessary. However, I don't entirely make it up as I go along. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect. ”

- 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

“ Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ There's certainly more new SF available than when I started writing. 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

“ I've been writing full-time since 1978. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Don't try to write to the trend of the moment. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ I've been writing full-time since 1978. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly. ”

- Alan Dean Foster
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