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 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
I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too. Kevin J. Anderson bookcourtduke 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
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
Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too. Kevin J. Anderson hourlunchspare Change image and share on social
I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the big Cold War was going on. Kevin J. Anderson bigcoldhistory Change image and share on social
If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people. Kevin J. Anderson alienbuildinsect 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
One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe. Kevin J. Anderson centerfacthey Change image and share on social
