Alan Dean Foster

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

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.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.