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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 28th, 1916

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