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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.

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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.

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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 28th, 1916

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