Jack Vance Quotes

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• I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. Felt
• I never worked in an office in my life. Funny
• I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast. Airplane
• I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do. Carpenter
• 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… Begin
• I'd never been published when I was young. Been
• In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you. Almost Every
• Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Background
• 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… Bit
• Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic. Blast
• I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory. Gist
• Good music always defeats bad luck Always Defeats
• Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the… Existence
• What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and… Actionable
• If religions are diseases of the human psyche, as the philosopher Grintholde asserts, then religious wars must be reckoned the resultant sores and cankers infecting… Aggregate
• While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead,… Adventure
• Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism. Aphorism
• Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. Constantly
• These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything. Iceberg
• Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere. Book

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