Alan Dean Foster Quotes

Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century. - 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

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art. - Alan Dean Foster

I've been writing full-time since 1978. - 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 usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year. - Alan Dean Foster

I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible. - Alan Dean Foster

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