All Jack Vance Quotes
- 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
- I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough. Made Lots
- 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. Cell
- 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… Actually Wrote
- 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… Beginning
- 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.… All