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.
Walter Jon Williams

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

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.
Walter Jon Williams

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.
Walter Jon Williams

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.
Walter Jon Williams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Walter Jon Williams