Jack Vance
Jack Vance
John Holbrook "Jack" Vancewas an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 9 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. Some editions of his published works give his year of birth as 1920...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 August 1916
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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.
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.
Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.
An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.
I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.
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.
Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.
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.
I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.
I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.