The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles,… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like resolving chords, and where always prevails a symmetry either explicit… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
“I will be glad to go. There is no poetry here. It is as I have always set forth: joy comes of its own… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
“The dead man's companions at the counter started to their feet, but halted as Voynod with great aplomb turned to face them. "Take care,… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
