Quotes by Jack L. Chalker

About Jack L. Chalker:

Jack Laurence Chalker was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a member of the Washington Science Fiction Association and was involved in the founding of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society.
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...it is in the very fundamentals of evil that one always condemns it when they see it but rationalizes it when they do it.

Jack L. Chalker

I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.

Jack L. Chalker

I write novels and other things.

Jack L. Chalker

I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.

Jack L. Chalker

No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.

Jack L. Chalker

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.

Jack L. Chalker

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.

Jack L. Chalker

I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

Jack L. Chalker

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

Jack L. Chalker

First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.

Jack L. Chalker

Author Bio

  • NameJack L. Chalker
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesJack L. Chalker
  • BornDecember 17, 1944
  • DiedFebruary 11, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Novelist