Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
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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.Jack Vance
Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.
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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.
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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.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.
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