Quotes by A. E. van Vogt

A. E. van Vogt

Canadian-born science fiction author

Lived from: 1912 - 2000

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

Born: 26 april 1912 Died: 26 january 2000

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
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  • 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.
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  • I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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  • In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
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  • Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based upon a thought of mine.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from A. E. van Vogt?

The two most famous quotes from A. E. van Vogt are:

  • "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."
  • "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."

When did A. E. van Vogt live?

A. E. van Vogt was born in 1912 and died in the year 2000.