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
A. E. van Vogt
I first read science
I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
A. E. van Vogt
I don’t recall having
I don’t recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
A. E. van Vogt
The encouragement I got
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
In a sense, there’s
In a sense, there’s a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.
A. E. van Vogt
You have to remember
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
Chum was a British
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
Recruiting Station was a
Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
A. E. van Vogt
My theory was that
My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
A. E. van Vogt
I had casually rented
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
A. E. van Vogt