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Jack Vance Quotes

Jack Vance quotes

American Author August 28, 1916

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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 language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell."
I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. Jack Vance
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. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of..."
But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you."
In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular..."
Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism. Jack Vance
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 couldn't tell you what it was. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "I become drunk as circumstances dictate."
I become drunk as circumstances dictate. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "I am not Cugel the Clever for nothing!"
I am not Cugel the Clever for nothing! Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?"
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing? Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "My talismans are not obviously useless."
My talismans are not obviously useless. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "One becomes sated with platitudes no less than honey, so that..."
One becomes sated with platitudes no less than honey, so that one often breaks another's bones in one's vexation. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "We prostrate ourselves before the fish-god Yob, who seems as..."
We prostrate ourselves before the fish-god Yob, who seems as efficacious as any. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "I'd never been published when I was young."
I'd never been published when I was young. Jack Vance

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