A. E. van Vogt Quotes

Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based upon a thought of mine... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way... view

By: 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... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories... view

By: 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... view

By: 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... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do.. view

By: 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.. view

By: 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... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader... view

By: 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... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights... view

By: A. E. van Vogt

In those days I was new to covers.. view

By: A. E. van Vogt