Kevin J. Anderson > Quotes

“A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies”
― Kevin J. Anderson

“We each have our lives... What matters is not how long those lives last, but what we do with them.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Hidden Empire

“Scully,' [Mulder] said, his voice quiet and serious, 'with the... unorthodox explanations I often find when studying the evidence, I know you're always skeptical-but every time you're at least fair to me. You respect my opinion, even when you don't agree with it.' He looked at his hands. 'I don't know if I've ever told you, but I really appreciate that.'
She looked at him and smiled. 'You've told me, Mulder. Maybe not in words... but you've told me.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, The X-Files: Ruins

“There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.”
― Kevin J. Anderson

“The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life... And someone who realizes that it can't possibly be enough.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels

“When I was doing preliminary research on this case, I remembered the story about Tlazolteotl.' [Mulder] glanced at the old archaeologist. 'Am I pronouncing it correctly? It sounds like I'm swallowing a turtle.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, The X-Files: Ruins

“Frohike... had a long-standing crush on Dana Scully, but basically it was all talk. Mulder suspected Frohike would turn into a jittering mass of nerves if Scully ever consented to go out with him.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, The X-Files: Ruins

“Somebody hates vampires, Mr. Chambeaux, but I have no idea who or why. Haven’t they read Twilight?”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Death Warmed Over

“We must think beyond ourselves”
― Kevin J. Anderson, A Forest of Stars

“Leave it to a Jedi never to give you a straight answer.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Star Wars: Darksaber

“The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life . . . and someone who realizes that it can’t possibly be enough.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels: The Novel

“I am serving the purpose for which I was designed, therefore I am satisfied with my existence.”
― Kevin J Anderson

“Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, A Forest of Stars

“The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life … and someone who realizes that it can’t possibly be enough.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels

“So you and the lovely Agent Scully are going down to investigate?' Frohike said, sounding hopeful.
'Yeah, we leave for Cancun tomorrow.'
'Our tax dollars at work,' Langly snorted.
'I'd love to see Agent Scully with a healthy tropical tan,' Frohike said.
'Down, Frohike,' Mulder said.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, The X-Files: Ruins

“When tending a vast and beautiful garden, you have to plant many seeds, never knowing ahead of time which ones will germinate, which will produce the most glorious flowers, which will bear the sweetest fruit. A good gardener plants them all, tends and nurtures them, and wishes them well. Optimism is the best fertilizer.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels: The Novel

“scars tell stories of who we are and what we did. A person without marks hasn’t done anything.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Death Warmed Over

“My stories aren’t for everyone—they were never meant to be—but”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels: The Novel

“Optimism is the best fertilizer.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels

“The best enemies are fabricated enemies for two reasons: one, we have nothing to worry about, and two, the populace falls in line.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, The Last Days of Krypton

“I have a feeling we're mooning a mean junkyard dog, all brave and laughing - until the dog's leash breaks”
― Kevin J. Anderson

“We have failed to see that total peace can be as deadly as total war.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Gamearth Trilogy Omnibus

“Luke smiled at his friend. “I seem to remember you called the Force a ‘hokey religion’ when I first met you.”
Han looked away, embarrassed. “Well, I’ve gotten smarter since then.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Star Wars: Darksaber

“That night the first frost of autumn struck Tucker's Grove. It crept up from the ground, snaring the fragile roots of plants. It emerged from the air, etching its signature on window-panes. A portent. The year was nearing its end. Things would die soon.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Obsessions

“Trying to kill your own father, dueling with a clone of yourself, serving the Dark Side for the Emperor. If that's what it takes to be a powerful Jedi, maybe I don't want the job!”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Star Wars: Jedi Search

“While death isn’t a sure thing anymore, taxes still are.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Death Warmed Over

“I’ve seen too many writers derail their creative process by stopping the action to tweak a word or a sentence. If you write a few paragraphs, then go back and polish them, you destroy all the forward momentum you had. It’s like shifting gears—forward, reverse, forward, reverse. You could burn out your mental transmission. If you can train yourself to save the criticism for the second draft, you’ll actually finish writing and have something to polish.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Million Dollar Productivity

“Just because they don't hear the song (of the world) doesn't mean it's silent.”
― Kevin J. Anderson

“There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the suns themselves begin to die.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Of Fire and Night

“It's just human, or inhuman, nature: People will find a way to make a big deal out of their differences-the smaller, the better. It reminded me of the Mantagues and the Capulets (if I wanted to think highbrow), or the Hatfields and the McCoys (if I wanted to go lowbrow)...or the Jets and the Sharks (if I happened to feel musical).”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Hair Raising