Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Jack Vance backgroundcontributehave Change image and share on social
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 cellcreaturelimit Change image and share on social
But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection. Jack Vance haveinspectionjob Change image and share on social
Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it. Jack Vance anymorebigenjoy share on social
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 countlessfindfit share on social
I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all. Jack Vance fictionreadscience Change image and share on social
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. Jack Vance bookenormousinfluence Change image and share on social
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 20sbitecall Change image and share on social
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 begincentfast Change image and share on social
I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. Jack Vance feltsellwrite Change image and share on social
