Walter Jon Williams Quotes
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms, break the forms.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I'll get in the face of anyone I think is wrong.
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It is perhaps due to the fact that our own modern art is often content to work from low irrational levels of the mind alone, that our civilization has become so receptive to the art of other civilizations... the complex diffuse substructure of all art.
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Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.