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A. E. van Vogt Quotes

Type: Author Quotes Category: Canadian Author Quotes Date of Birth: April 26, 1912 Date of Death: January 26, 2000 Nationality: Canadian Find on Amazon: A. E. van Vogt Related Authors: Larry Wall Michael Ondaatje John Ralston Saul Jane Rule Thomas Chandler Haliburton Carol Shields Gabrielle Roy

But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a writer in order to stay alive as a writer. A. E. van Vogt Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children. A. E. van Vogt I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories. A. E. van Vogt I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things. A. E. van Vogt I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old. A. E. van Vogt I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way. A. E. van Vogt In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader. A. E. van Vogt In those days I was new to covers; merely felt pleased that a story of mine had been honored. I later met Rogers who did some of my early covers and I was impressed with him. A. E. van Vogt It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again. A. E. van Vogt It's difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language. A. E. van Vogt My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior. A. E. van Vogt Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights. A. E. van Vogt The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts. A. E. van Vogt Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based upon a thought of mine. A. E. van Vogt You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living. A. E. van Vogt

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