Jack Vance

(11 votes)   But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.

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(9 votes)   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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(9 votes)   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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(8 votes)   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.

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(11 votes)   I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.

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(10 votes)   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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(10 votes)   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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(9 votes)   I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough.

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(9 votes)   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.

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(9 votes)   These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.

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(8 votes)   As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

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(8 votes)   But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

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(8 votes)   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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(8 votes)   I don't have much vanity. I just know what I do. I just do because I'm capable of doing it and do it easily without any pretentiousness.

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(8 votes)   I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.

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