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" A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment. "

" But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection. "

" I'd never been published when I was young. "

" I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all. "

" 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. "

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

" I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to. "

" I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet. "

" I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. "

" I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough. "

" I never worked in an office in my life. "

" In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you. "

" I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast. "

" 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. "

" I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do. "

" I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly useless. You can't use it in the story and it doesn't fit. So I just throw it away. I've done that countless times. "

" Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere. "

" Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful. "

" 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. "

" These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything. "

" The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway. "

" 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. "

" Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. "

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