A. E. van Vogt Quotes

A. E. van Vogt
Category
Author
Nationality
Canadian
Birth date
April 26, 1912
Death date
January 26, 2000
Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a CanadianPerson from Canada.-born scienceThe collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. fictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. authorThe originator or creator of a work, especially a literary composition; a writer. who was one of the most prolificfertile, yet complexMade up of multiple parts; intricate or detailed., writersplural of writer of the mid-twentiethThe ordinal form of the number twenty. centuryA period of 100 years. Often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates; e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. "GoldenMade of, or relating to gold. Age" of the genre. Many fans of that era would have named van Vogt, Robert A. Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov as the three greatest scienceThe collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. fictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. writersplural of writer.

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  • "All this on a salarycelery (depends on dialect) that never increasedPast tense of to increase., and, after deductions came to $81 a month - those were the days rightrite, wright, write after the Depressionan area that is lower in topography than its surroundings."
  • "As a craftsmanA male craftsperson., I made my livingA state of having life. at writingor symbols that represent a language. from the moment I crossedPast tense of to cross. the line at age 20, and sold my first story to True Story MagazineAn ammunition storehouse.."
  • "At that time, I was reallyActually; in fact; in reality. surprisedPast tense and past participle of to surprise., even thoughDespite the fact that; although. the war was going on, I'm surprisedPast tense and past participle of to surprise. that there weren't enoughsufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate people out there who were workingPresent participle of to work. on this kind of story to supplyTo provide, or make available for use the needs of one magazineAn ammunition storehouse.. Today, the number of writersplural of writer who would be availableHaving sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; as, an available plea. to fill those gaps are legionnumerous, vast multitude (as in 'his attributes are legion').."
  • "But, somewherein some place in there, I did have the thoughtan idea; an instance of thinking. that this reallyActually; in fact; in reality. fits in with my thinkingPresent participle of think. about what I wantedwished for; desired; sought to do; with what has to be done by a writerA person who writes; an author. in order to stay alive as a writerA person who writes; an author.."
  • "Chum was a BritishThe citizens or inhabitants of Britain. boy's weeklyOnce every week. which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the followingcoming next, either in sequence or in time ChristmasThe Christian holiday which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. parentsPlural of parent; one's father and mother. bought it as ChristmasThe Christian holiday which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. presentsPlural of present. for male children."
  • "I did not go along with the new theories that Hubbard was offering. They had a religiousConcerning religion. aspect and I paid no attentionMental focus. to them."
  • "I don't recallTo call back, bring back or summon to a specific place, station etc. having any self-awarenessThe state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer. about the intricacyThe state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot. of my stories."
  • "I figureA drawing conveying information that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten yearsPlural of year., I began to get worriedThinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy. that I wouldwood run into what is known as the writerA person who writes; an author.'s block, the feelingsensitive. of not being able to do these things(literally) Plural of thing.."
  • "I first read scienceThe collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. fictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. in the old BritishThe citizens or inhabitants of Britain. Chum annualhappening once every year. when I was about 12 years old."
  • "I had casuallyIn a casual manner. rented an apartmentA room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. that cost $75 a month because I expectedAnticipated; thought to be about to arrive my writingor symbols that represent a language. to pay my way."
  • "I marriedIn a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband. E. Mayne Hull in May."
  • "I was merelyonly, just, and nothing more pleasedPast tense and past participle of to please. with some of the ideas - but never thoughtan idea; an instance of thinking. of them as especiallyparticularly; to a greater extent than is normal intricatehaving a great deal of fine detail or complexity."
  • "I wrote what interestedPast tense and past participle of to interest. me; and my method of workingPresent participle of to work. out my story throughthrew the dream processA series of events to produce a result, especially as contrasted to product. probablyIn all likelihood; in a probable manner underlaypast tense of to underlie the wheels withinThat which is inside of something. wheels aspect."
  • "Ideas came to me in the night when I wouldwood wake up, anxiouslyIn an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. thinkingPresent participle of think. about a storystorey problemA difficulty. that was not resolving."
  • "In a sense, theretheir's a greatgrate truthThat to which reality conforms. to that, but, also I was a greatgrate readerA person who reads a publication.."
  • "In those days I was new to coversThe plural of cover.; merelyonly, just, and nothing more felt pleasedPast tense and past participle of to please. that a story of mine had been honored, having received honor.. I later met Rogersan English patronymic surname derived from Roger who did some of my early coversThe plural of cover. and I was impressedpast tense and past participle of the verb to impress with him."
  • "It came about as followsThird person form of to follow.: over the years when I was involvedpast tense and past participle of the verb to involve in dianetics, I wrote the beginningsPlural of beginning. of many stories. I wouldwood get an idea, and then writeright, rite, wright the beginningbegynnynge (obsolete), and then never touch it again."
  • "It's difficulthard, not easy, requiring much effort for me to feel that a solid page without(archaic or literary) outside, externally the breakups of paragraphsPlural form of paragraph. can be interestingArousing or holding the attention of.. I break mine up perhapsmaybe sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the EnglishEnglish-language; of or pertaining to the English language. language(uncountable) The expression of an understanding — see "Language is Understanding"."
  • "My mother takes full credit for my being a writer. Apparentlyclearly; manifestly; evidently., when she was carryingPresent participle of to carry. me, she said, she read an endlesshaving no end numberAn abstract entity used to describe quantity. of detectivea police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime. stories."
  • "My theoryAn unproven conjecture. was that what I had to do was make a studyTo acquire knowledge on a subject through concentration on prepared learning materials. of human behaviorbehaviour (UK)."
  • "Recruiting StationA place where a vehicle (especially a train) may stop. was a story that came as the resultA flying back; resilience. of many anxiousFull of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;—applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. awakenings during many nights."
  • "The encouragementThe act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. I got from Campbella Scottish surname from the Gaelic cam beul, crooked mouth was a quick check and praise. Once the Space BeagleA small short-legged smooth-coated hound, often used for hunting hares. was launchedpast tense and past participle of "to launch" on its missionA duty that involves fulfilling a request., it seemed naturalOf or relating to nature. for it to breed additionalSupplemental or added to. thoughtsplural of thought."
  • "The presenceThe fact or condition of being present. of women was influencedPast tense and past participle of influence. by Mayne. She read scienceThe collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. fictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. to see what it was; and of course, she read all my stories. And she was an early supporterSomething that supports a structure such as a building of women's rights - I even went to some meetingsPlural of meeting. with her before we got married."
  • "Well, first of all, goingPresent participle of to go. off with dianetics was basedfounded on; having a basis; often used as combining terms upon a thoughtan idea; an instance of thinking. of mine."
  • "When I opened a book in a libraryAn institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by certain people. It is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users. to see whetherweather (in some accents) I would borrowTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. it or not, if the paragraphsPlural form of paragraph. were too long, I didn't borrowTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. it."
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