Jack Vance Quotes
John Holbrook Vance is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance.
(1916 - )
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A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
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I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.
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I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough.
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I never worked in an office in my life.
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I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.
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I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.
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I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.
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I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you.
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