#eve

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there. ↗

— Venus Williams

#course #even #go #good #lose

You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. ↗

— Venus Williams

#around #because #complacent #corner #get

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

#away #awful #direction #door #editors

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#biography #even #fiction #history #literature

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. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#elements #everything #influence #into #many

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

— Walter Jon Williams

#every #period #reader #robert #sf

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. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#authors #been #certain #corners #explored

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

— Walter Jon Williams

#every #every single day #find #i #now

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

— Walter Jon Williams

#days #experienced #few #i #more

Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses. ↗

— Henry Williamson

#every #everything #expression #gesture #senses