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Jack Vance Quotes

I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: August 28, 1916 - May 26, 2013

Topics

Writing Book Too Much Done Call Far

I just try to eat a little bit of everything - moderation is key with diet.

Key Diet Try Eat Everything Little

I want all that dirt and grime and life-sauce. A lot of my favorite old soul records have it, but you don't hear it on country records anymore.

Sturgill Simpson

Soul You Country Want Old Dirt

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

Love People Care Want Write Because

Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up. It's about finding the right direction, and most of the time, the right direction is not what you think is the right direction. That's why the director's there: to guide you there.

Character Time Yourself Think You

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Learning Great Think Learn Lost Who

Flair was a tricky guy to work with when I worked with Ric. When he was champion, we had much better matches, and the moment the title got switched, we seemed to screw up my match every night.

Work Moment Night Champion Better

In my students, I'm always dispelling the notion that characters come like a light bulb over the head in cartoons. For me, it's like a shapeless big lump of clay. You just build it into something, and then you step back and go, 'That's not right,' hack it apart, put out a new arm, and say, 'Maybe this will walk around and work.'

Work Light Walk Step Me You

Ambition interests me because it's such a surefire indicator of damage.

Me Ambition Because Damage Interests

That's the easiest thing to do, is quit and give up when things are hard. You really see what you're made of when those things are not going the way you want them to go.

You Go Want Quit Way See

When I began modelling in my late teens, I started to earn a lot of money very, very quickly, but I'd never been shown how to manage it properly.

Money Late Never Earn Started Been

I think in industries riddled with bias, you tend to hire women only if their previous work is very masculine, which is hilarious given that this is not how male directors are chosen.

Work Women Think You Bias Hire

I like people who don't accept boundaries. Like Florence Nightingale. And Napoleon or Louis XIV, though I'm not sure how much I'd have liked to meet them. I admire people who aren't circumscribed by circumstance.

Julian Fellowes

People Meet Admire Accept Boundaries

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