I haven’t sold to the movies. In other words, I haven’t gotten any enormous checks yet. Jack Vance Read Quote
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. Jack Vance Read Quote
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. Jack Vance Read Quote
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. Jack Vance Read Quote
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. Jack Vance Read Quote
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. Jack Vance Read Quote
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. Jack Vance Read Quote
Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere. Jack Vance Read Quote
