A. E. van Vogt
A. E. van Vogt
Alfred Elton van Vogtwas a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular, influential, and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the Golden Age of the genre...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 April 1912
CountryCanada
gun weapons bearing-arms
The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.
fits somewhere stay writer
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.
age crossed line living moment sold true
As a craftsman, I made my living at writing from the moment I crossed the line at age 20, and sold my first story to True Story Magazine.
covers felt impressed later merely met pleased rogers
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.
casually cost expected
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
began figure known run ten worried
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.
simple office canada
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.