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
It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas. Kevin J. Anderson backflareidea Change image and share on social
I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old. Kevin J. Anderson sellyear Change image and share on social
Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged. Kevin J. Anderson arrangefullhave Change image and share on social
If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that eventually that I'd become very successful writing Dune books after Frank Herbert's death, I would have laughed myself silly, I think, at how strange that prospect would be. Kevin J. Anderson backbookdeath share on social
We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up. Kevin J. Anderson pickprequelstory Change image and share on social
Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too. Kevin J. Anderson bestsellingbookdune share on social
Telling your story out loud is the way human beings communicate. We don't normally think up words, translate how to spell them and then move our fingers up and down over this randomly arranged set of keys to make the same letters appear on a screen. Kevin J. Anderson arrangebeingcommunicate share on social
Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that. Kevin J. Anderson bookcliffhangerlot 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
