"I think that somebody with the resources and innovation and the idea is going to come out of nowhere and come up with a successful space travel program."
Quotes by Kevin J. Anderson
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"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."
"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."
"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."
"I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback."
"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."
"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."
"My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it."
"I'm talking to you and it's basically a direct communication, whereas if I'm writing a letter to you and you read the letter, there are like 12 extra deconstruction and reconstruction steps in the communication."
"Wisdom principle 104 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 18."
"Wisdom principle 99 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 15."
"Wisdom principle 94 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 12."
"Wisdom principle 89 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 9."
"Wisdom principle 84 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 6."
"Wisdom principle 79 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 3."
"Wisdom principle 73 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 100."
"Wisdom principle 68 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 97."
"Wisdom principle 63 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 94."
"Wisdom principle 58 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 91."
"Wisdom principle 53 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 88."