Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Fosteris an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, a prolific creator of and contributor to book series as well as the author of more than 20 standalone novels. He is especially prolific in his novelizations of film scripts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 November 1946
CountryUnited States of America
emptiness apex
An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
writing
I've been writing full-time since 1978.
children revenge games
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
basketball character years
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.
stories research fantasy
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
writing symphony notes
I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.
writing perfect important
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.
giving-up sacrifice degrees
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.
people assumption dead-people
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
freedom justice chaos
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
joy spontaneity existence
Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
writing way
The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
art character differences
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.
crazy feel-better two
If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.