Brian Herbert
In 'Sidney's Comet,' thanks to all the consumerism, all the garbage had to be put in deep space, even though we're not supposed to litter the cosmos - that was an environmental message. Although it was funny, it had an important message.Collection: Space
My grandfather was a police officer. He taught Dad about lie detectors and police interrogation methods, so Dad got this old World War II lie detector and used it on us regularly. He was obsessed with the truth.Collection: Dad
I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.
My dad was an adventurer, my mother a romantic. When they met in college, both were creative writers; the writing was a bond.
I'll keep writing 'Dune' books as long as my mother's spirit continues to support the project.
We moved 23 times before I was out of high school!
My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could get anything I wanted out of these big corporations, and she said that I was a good writer and that I should go to my dad and ask him for help.
There's so much overlapping in science fiction.
Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.Collection: Teaching
It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.Collection: Interesting
Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.Collection: Simplicity
Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.Collection: Mean
It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.Collection: Leader
Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.Collection: Important
How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.Collection: Children
The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open.Collection: Eye
There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.Collection: Men
Wounds make better lessons than lectures.Collection: Hurt
No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are all Face Dancers in our souls.Collection: Heart
The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.Collection: Innovation
Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires.Collection: Desire
In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources.Collection: Hero
Anything imagined can be made real ... given sufficient genius.Collection: Real
Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where they choose, while others are free in their hearts, even as shackles restrain them.Collection: Heart
An ignorant friend is worse than a learned foe.Collection: Ignorant
Fear invites aggression - do not show it to a predator.Collection: Fear
The more tightly packed the group, the greater the need for strict social ranks and orders.Collection: Order
Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back.Collection: Degrees
Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest.Collection: Flower
Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.Collection: Way