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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It’s an important part of epic literature. Kevin J. Anderson Read Quote
I don’t think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is. Kevin J. Anderson Read Quote
I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it’s supposed to. Kevin J. Anderson Read Quote
We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up. Kevin J. Anderson Read Quote
Wouldn’t you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don’t have to look everything up and remember everything? Kevin J. Anderson Read Quote
