When I got tired of going to school, I was kind of overqualified for a lot of jobs. Kind of underqualified for a lot of others.

Stuff that's truly off-trail was what appealed to 'Weird Tales' editors.

Other kids' parents wouldn't let them read magazines like 'Weird Tales,' but my folks were big readers themselves, so they didn't mind.

I'd been going to college for nine years, and before I completed my dissertation, I quit.