What did Jack Vance mean by: Well, I think everything I’ve ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Jack Vance Copy
Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Exercise, Freedom, Privileges, 0 Jack Vance
I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Exploration, Growth, Knowledge, 0 Jack Vance
I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Observation, Reputation, 0 Jack Vance
It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Acceptance, Realism, Resignation, 0 Jack Vance
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Abundance, Creativity, Realization, 0 Jack Vance
Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Magic, Mischief, Power, 0 Jack Vance
If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Appreciation, Creativity, Necessity, 0 Jack Vance
The life we’ve been leading couldn’t last forever. It’s a wonder it lasted as long as it did. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack Vance, Change, Mortality, Reflection, 0 Jack Vance
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
