Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can. – Walter Jon Williams
I can’t speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn’t yet been explored. – Walter Jon Williams
I’m in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price. – Walter Jon Williams
An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table. – Walter Jon Williams
That’s why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door. – Walter Jon Williams
I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain – or as grown-up as I’ll ever get. – Walter Jon Williams
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself. – Walter Jon Williams
Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. – Walter Jon Williams
I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn’t otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me. – Walter Jon Williams
Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one. – Walter Jon Williams
I’ve learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I’ve taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again. – Walter Jon Williams
If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors. – Walter Jon Williams
It’s a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak. – Walter Jon Williams
I’m not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I’m afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings. – Walter Jon Williams
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power. – Walter Jon Williams
