"Everything that you read is an influence on……" — Walter Jon Williams
"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."
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33 Quotes by Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams has 33 quotes on this site.
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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
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An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will…
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Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.
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Right up till the 1980s, SF envisioned giant mainframe computers that ran everything remotely, that ingested huge amounts of information…
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community - by participating in the community you can become an…
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the…
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I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at…
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I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a…
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Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the…
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When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
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Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as…
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy,…
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