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An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.
Jack Vance
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Jack Vance
Age: 96 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2013
Died: May 26
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
San Francisco County
California
John Holbrook Vance
Jack Vance
John H. Vance
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The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care.
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Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love.
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I never worked in an office in my life.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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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.
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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.
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A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.
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I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
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Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism.
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Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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I must cite an intrinsic condition of the universe. We set forth in any direction which seems convenient each leads to the same place: the end of the universe.
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Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.
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