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.
More Quotes from A. E. van Vogt:
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
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
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.
A. E. van Vogt
I wrote what interested me and my method of working out my story through the dream process probably underlay the wheels within wheels aspect.
A. E. van Vogt
My mother takes full credit for my being a writer. Apparently, when she was carrying me, she said, she read an endless number of detective stories.
A. E. van Vogt
Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based upon a thought of mine.
A. E. van Vogt
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Books Quotes, Children QuotesBased on Keywords: chum
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
Robert Burton
"Indian policy" has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century.
Russell Means
I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with time. I can honestly say that I was never influenced to write for the church.
Charles King