Books Quote by A. E. van Vogt Download Open image “In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.” — A. E. van Vogt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Reader Truth
I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along. — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
I can say without doubt, that reading has had a huge influence on my life. — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
There's something to be said for an author who clearly respects a reader. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I'm not really a good reader. What I mean is, I think I'm not one of those people who can read a story and… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights. — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get… — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior. — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old. — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
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. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way. — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would… — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with… — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
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… — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural… — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
In those days I was new to covers; merely felt pleased that a story of mine had been honored. I later met Rogers who… — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
