A biography for Walter Jon Williamshasn’t been written yet.
“When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.”
“I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.”
“The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.”
“Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.”
“I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.”
“I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.”
“Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.”
“The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive.”
“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.”
“I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.”
“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.”
“If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.”
“I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.”
“Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.”
“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.”
“How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.”
“Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.”