American - Author | August 28, 1916 - May 26, 2013
It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance.
Jack Vance
SmallYouOfficeLimitSurveillance
In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you.
JobYouWatchingGetAlmostFact
I'd never been published when I was young.
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I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
FastFirstYearsBeginThingsHalf
I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.
ReadingEverythingReadEver
I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.
TimeWatchesYouCarpenterEverybody
I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.
FlyThoughtFastGoGoingWere
I never worked in an office in my life.
LifeMy LifeNeverOfficeWorked
I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough.
MoneyEnoughNeverMadeLotsSold
I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.
WritingSellJustLikeFeltSince
I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
WordsMoviesChecksOtherAnySold
I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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