Walter Jon Williams Quotes

The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.

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You Yourself Community Internet Advertisement Advertising Combination Offers Participating Become Interesting

I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.

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Long Remember I Can Wanted Author

Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.

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Never Choice Being Writer Compulsion Irresistible

I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.

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Day Reason Find Now Every Single Day Single Day Every Single Write

Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.

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Myself More Now Than Motivate Had Much

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

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Every Period Also Reader Robert Touchstone SF

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

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Writing College Take Though Courses Many

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

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Religion Power Powerful State Becomes Remain Means

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

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Long Book How Write Depends Length Takes

The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years.

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Well Two Over Which Manuscript Pages Rift Thousand Took Years

I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.

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Never More Days Than Block Experienced Few Writer

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

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Tough Job Ending Tell Bleak Tough Job Audience Knows Story

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.

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Universe Speak Achieve Illuminate Authors Corners Explored Hoped Lucas Been Certain Other

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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Work You Your Influence Draw Elements Everything Many Read Want Write

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.

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You Try Meet Editors Agents Authors Many

I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.

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Work Technology Reading Price Available Favor Reasonable Any Makes Public

The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive.

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Expensive Too Paperback

I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.

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Bath Like Book Want Beach Carry Magazine Platform I Can Leave

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.

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Freedom Hard Different Because Advantage Decided Field Generalize Offered SF Could Much Started Take

The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.

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History Battle End Big Drawn Influenced Certainly

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.

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Movies Ideas Down Problem Reserved Shot Stepped Territory Because Been Has-Been Some Were

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