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Jack Vance Quotes

Jack Vance quotes about writing

American Author August 28, 1916

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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
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 and it doesn't fit. So I just throw it away. I've done that countless times. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the..."
Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Jack Vance
Jack Vance quote: "I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have..."
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. Jack Vance
But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it. 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

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