If you look at the British royal family and take away the scandals and the goofy stuff that's going on, people love to have this king to look up to - the royals are like celebrities. Kevin J. Anderson britishcelebrityfamily Change image and share on social
Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like the inhabitants of some other country, depends on who has the most drive. Kevin J. Anderson actualamericanbottle share on social
In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather. Kevin J. Anderson badbigbook share on social
We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to figure out how you would go about blowing up a planet. That's the kind of conversations science fiction writers have when they get together. We don't talk about football or anything like that. Kevin J. Anderson balconyblowbottle share on social
Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too. Kevin J. Anderson hourlunchspare Change image and share on social
I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm, feeding and watering all these rats. Then I got a full-time job as a technical writer for a large scientific research laboratory. Kevin J. Anderson farmfeedfull share on social
I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it. Then I'd go home at night and turn what I learned into science fiction stories. Kevin J. Anderson cutdayedge share on social
There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature. Kevin J. Anderson epicgrandimportant Change image and share on social
The great secret behind classified projects is that most of them are so utterly boring and uninteresting that James Bond wouldn't even take a second look at them. Kevin J. Anderson bondboreclassify Change image and share on social
I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of Dune books. Kevin J. Anderson bookduneknow Change image and share on social
