“That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wan...” — Walter Jon Williams Quote

“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.”

“It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.”

“When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.”

“Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination.”

“Usually a captain will allow his bowler to set the field, while exercising overall control and maintaining the authority to step in if he sees fit.”

“A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse.”