Jack
drunk circumstances
I become drunk as circumstances dictate.
ignorance bliss ignorance-is-bliss
Somebody else's ignorance is bliss.
art rate activity
I suspect that the word (art) was invented by second-rate intelligences to describe the incomprehensible activities of their betters.
real boredom fugitive
Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real.
organization ideas world
Truth" is contained in the preconceptions of him who seeks to define it. Any organization of ideas whatever presupposes a judgment on the world.
book fairy-tale tales
Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.
intelligent eight years
The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one hour of absolute equity has prevailed.
jobs facts
In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you.
writing thinking backgrounds
Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.
inches miles ten
An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.
self-esteem care praise
I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
knows obliged
Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.
littles remember influence
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.
young
I'd never been published when I was young.