Top 30 Quotes by Jack Vance

I'd never been published when I was young.

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

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

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

This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.

I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.

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

I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough.

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

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.