Chet Williamson Quotes

United States, Author
June 19, 1948

Chet Williamson (born 19 June 1948) is the author of nearly 20 books and over 100 short stories published in Esquire, The New Yorker, Playboy, and many other magazines and anthologies.

When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read a hundred times before.

Chet Williamson
- Book
Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking.

Chet Williamson
- Writing
- Risk

Publishers love to compartmentalize, and 'Second Chance' was not an easy novel to define.

Chet Williamson
If I had stayed purely a horror writer or thriller writer, I might have more of a presence in those particular genres, and I'd certainly have more individual titles to market, since it's much easier to write pure genre fiction than it is to create something different.

Chet Williamson
- Different