# Quote — R. A. Lafferty, Space Chantey

> "I'm doing pretty good. I'm a seminal genius, they say, and I have the most sophisticated tools ever devised to work with. And I do build some good things for them. I'm quite successful. I'll tell you something, though. In the daytime, with all those sophisticated tools, and particularly if someone's watching me, I just stall around. But at night — "
>
> "Ah, at night! What do you do then, Hondstarfer?"
>
> "Put away those damned sophisticated tools and get my stone hammers. That's when I build the good stuff. Don't give me away, though, Roadstrum.

- Author: [R. A. Lafferty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty.md)
- Book: [Space Chantey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty/space-chantey.md)
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