Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williamsis an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, a series of historical novels set during the age of sail, Privateers and Gentlemen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 October 1953
CountryUnited States of America
Walter Jon Williams quotes about
years two pages
The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years.
school britain
I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.
writing reason
I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.
writing character world
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.
doors editors want
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.
compliment results ifs
If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.
afterlife speak achieve
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.
beach book magazines
I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
powerful mean power
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
movie ideas territory
Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.
decided freedom hard offered sf
It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
sf
For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.
advertising
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
american-celebrity
I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.