Jack Vance
Jack Vance

I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

Jack Vance
Jack Vance

I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.

Jack Vance
Jack Vance

I never worked in an office in my life.

Jack Vance
Jack Vance

I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.

Jack Vance
Jack Vance

I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.

Jack Vance
Jack Vance

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

Jack Vance
Jack Vance

But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.

Jack Vance
Jack Vance

But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

Jack Vance
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

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.