"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"

In this quote, author Kevin J. Anderson reviews his journey to success as an author of the popular Dune book series. He imagines going back in time to inform his younger self that he would one day achieve fantastic success composing these books after the death of their original author, Frank Herbert. Anderson acknowledges that his more youthful self would have discovered this idea ridiculous and would have laughed at the thought of such a weird and not likely future. This quote highlights the unanticipated twists and turns that life can take, and the irony of achieving success in such a way that was once inconceivable.