Will Anderson
Will Anderson
Lead singer of the pop-rock group Parachute, the group known for songs like "She is Love."
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth5 May 1986
CitySacramento, CA
sorry dying apologizing
You made her apologize for sickness. For her courage. You made her feel sorry for dying.
dwarves house dumb
Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger.
years play narrative
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods.
teenager writing teens
Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'
atheist house irritating
I can't tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house.
historical-novels stories wells
I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well.
writing thinking circles
I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace.
kids tumbling-down civilization
It’s the end. It’s the end of the civilization. We’re going down. No, it’s sure not too attractive. Lenticels. I just hope my kids don’t live to see the last days. The things burning and people living in cellars. Violet. The only thing worse than the thought it may all come tumbling down is the thought that we may go on like this forever.
world wonder natural
The natural world is so adaptable...So adaptable you wonder what's natural.
cheer thinking jumping
I wanted to say something to cheer her up. I had a feeling that cheering her up might be a lot of work. I was thinking of how sometimes, trying to say the right thing to people, it’s like some kind of brain surgery, and you have to tweak exactly the right part of the lobe. Except with talking, it’s more like brain surgery with old, rusted skewers and things, maybe like those things you use to eat lobster, but brown. And you have to get exactly the right place, and you’re touching around in the brain but the patient, she keeps jumping and saying, “Ow.
adversity decision brave
Sandy deWitt at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Johannesburg, South Africa, taught me to make a decision and stick with it. Every day we're faced with reasons why we shouldn't do good work: it's too scary, too hard to pull off, there's no time, no money, etc. You have to be brave and commit to your choices in the face of adversity. If you waver, nothing will turn out the way you imagined it.
self enjoy reserved
I'm calculating, self-sufficient, reserved, and I enjoy being alone
teeth attention caught
Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into.
growing-up kids writing
Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature.