Jack Vance Quotes & Sayings
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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.”
“I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.”
“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.”
“As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.”
“But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.”
“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.”
“I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.”
“I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.”
“In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you.”
“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.”
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