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

“If the Force is life and the Yuuzhan Vong are alive and you cannot see them in the Force then is the…

— Walter Jon Williams

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

— Walter Jon Williams

“He put the point of the knife against what he thought was the cricothyroid membrane, steadied it with the right hand, then…

— Walter Jon Williams

“To be honest, I don’t think so. I think what’s made me better is success and money. Lack of success made me…

— Walter Jon Williams

“What alarms me,” Aristide said, “is how this reflects on me.  My whole  life’s project has been to avoid megalomania, and now…

— 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…

— Walter Jon Williams

For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.

— 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

It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.

— Walter Jon Williams