Jack Vance Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Jack Vance Quotes and Sayings


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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. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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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. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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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. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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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. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I never worked in an office in my life. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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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. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    I'd never been published when I was young. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly useless. You can't use it in the story and it doesn't fit. So I just throw it away. I've done that countless times. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
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    This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF
  • 30
    Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Jack Vance | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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