Quotes from Walter Jon Williams

I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.

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

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

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.