“I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too ...” — Jack Vance Quote

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

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

I'd never been published when I was young.

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.

But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it.

Tawny ports have already spent 20 or 30 years in wood - it's not likely they're going to improve. On the other hand, they're not going to get any worse.

Pinhao, spectacularly haltered by terraced vineyards, produces most of the world's finest ports.