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.
– Jack Vance
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.
– Jack Vance
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
I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
– 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
But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
– 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.