“Well, yeah, you listen to a talking snake and there's gonna be trouble.” — Mike Mignola Copy Share Image
Lovecraft gives me the pip as he uses so much description that needs heavily condensing. — Leah Moore Copy Share Image
“If magic violates the fundamental laws of nature, they clearly weren't all that fundamental.” — Ruthanna Emrys Copy Share Image
“When the stars were right, They could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, They… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Just kill me. My life is nothing without you. Drive me mad. Let me be your sustenance. Eat my soul. You’re… you’re… — Serra Elinsen Copy Share Image
“H.P. Lovecraft is for fantasy fiction what C.G. Jung is for analytical psychology.” — Bogdan Vaida Copy Share Image
I would say that it's probably impossible for a lot of people to even think what H.P. Lovecraft's theological state was. — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
“Ex Ignorantia Ad Sapientiam; Ex Luce Ad Tenebras (Out of ignorance into wisdom; Out of light into darkness()” — Miskatonic University Copy Share Image
In other words, [ H.P. Lovecraft] was areligious, asexual, neurasthenic, he just didn't want to react to the world. Like Virginia Woolf,… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
If H. P. Lovecraft and H. L. Mencken had ever collaborated, they might have come up with something like The Edge of… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
You know, Mick Jagger's "Sympathy for the Devil." I think it was inspired by that [H.P.Lovecraft stories]. You don't know who's reading… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
I think [H.P. Lovecraft] recognized what he was dealing with, he was dealing with demons. And he was dealing with creatures that're… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
I started with "Pickman's Model," because it was about Boston. I mean, what I loved about [H. P. Lovecraft], at first is… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
In other words, you've got a journey as the plot, but it has to be in a lively environment, being able to… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
When I was at Brown. In other words, I'd heard about [H.P. Lovecraft], but I didn't pay that much attention till I… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
The situation has a real Lovecraft feel to it. Though, you know, if you come over it'll be more of an Anne… — David Wong Copy Share Image
Now, we know this is what [H.P.] Lovecraft was into. Because he kept talking about how he wasn't interested in religion. In… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
“The “Howard” in the entry had to be Howard Phillips Lovecraft , that twentieth-century puritanic Poe from Providence, with his regrettable but… — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
“Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[H.P.Lovecraft] is thrust into some kind of outer space realm, like here [pointing toward the painting in progress]. In other words, he's… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
“The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
It's called "Pickman's Mephitic Models," based on the story [Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft].Certain things about it many people don't realize.… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
[Nikola Tesla] said he had no interest in the spiritual. He didn't believe in telepathy, didn't believe in any of that stuff,… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
“And yet amid that tense godless calm the high bare boughs of all the trees in the yard were moving. They were… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul. Not drowned entirely, though. Rather carried… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Well did the traveler know those garden lands that lie betwixt the wood of the Cerenerian Sea, and blithely did he follow… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Aeonist teachings say that no race is clean of such ignorance or violence. When faced with the threat of such things, we… — Ruthanna Emrys Copy Share Image
“Down through this verdant land Carter walked at evening, and saw twilight float up from the river to the marvelous golden spires… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“By noon Carter reached the jasper terraces of Kiran which slope down to the river's edge and bear that temple of loveliness… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you. Do the same before a… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“How can this be real?” I whispered. “I mean you... you... where you come from. Your world. It is so beyond everything… — Serra Elinsen Copy Share Image
I think [H. P. Lovecraft] knew the whole gamut. He just didn't believe any of it! He probably liked to use the… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
H.P. Lovecraft is for the summer between junior and senior years in high school. Cosmic fear hits you about then anyway --… — Howard Waldrop Copy Share Image
Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. H. P. LOVECRAFT, attributed, Telling It Like It Is Dancing is very… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Most of my influences from outside the commerical strange fiction genre came in with university, discovering James Joyce and Wallace Stevens, Blake… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
“As the savage progresses, he acquires experience and formulates codes of 'right' and 'wrong' from his memories of those courses which have… — Lovecraft H.P Copy Share Image
I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
![“In other words, [ H.P. Lovecraft] was areligious, asexual, neurasthenic, he just didn't want to react to the world. Like Virginia Woolf, who considered religion the ultimate obscenity.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/paul-laffoley-7077_asexual_in-other-words-h-p-lovecraft-was-areligi_2293724.jpg)
![“You know, Mick Jagger's "Sympathy for the Devil." I think it was inspired by that [H.P.Lovecraft stories]. You don't know who's reading what, you know. It just comes out once in a while in the pop culture.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/paul-laffoley-7077_culture_you-know-mick-jagger-s-sympathy-for-the_104239.jpg)
![“I think [H.P. Lovecraft] recognized what he was dealing with, he was dealing with demons. And he was dealing with creatures that're suffering. There's no way out of this suffering.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/paul-laffoley-7077_creatures_i-think-h-p-lovecraft-recognized-what-he_1239860.jpg)
![“I started with "Pickman's Model," because it was about Boston. I mean, what I loved about [H. P. Lovecraft], at first is his sense of scholarship of an area, setting an environment, enlivening it. I think that's one of the secrets of writing.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/paul-laffoley-7077_areas_i-started-with-pickman-s-model-because-i_699330.jpg)
![“In other words, you've got a journey as the plot, but it has to be in a lively environment, being able to create the mood. If you read "Pickman's Model," in other words, they're winding their way through the Boston Streets and [H.P.] Lovecraft researched what was there.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/paul-laffoley-7077_able_in-other-words-you-ve-got-a-journey-as-t_3168154.jpg)
![“When I was at Brown. In other words, I'd heard about [H.P. Lovecraft], but I didn't pay that much attention till I happened to go to a meeting about it. And then I got just totally turned on.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/paul-laffoley-7077_attention_when-i-was-at-brown-in-other-words-i-d-h_1277057.jpg)
![“Now, we know this is what [H.P.] Lovecraft was into. Because he kept talking about how he wasn't interested in religion. In a heaven state there is no religion, meaning that you're seeing the whole thing ... I mean, to worship something means that it's something beyond you, right? In other words…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/paul-laffoley-7077_heaven_now-we-know-this-is-what-h-p-lovecraft-w_2029774.jpg)
![“[H.P.Lovecraft] is thrust into some kind of outer space realm, like here [pointing toward the painting in progress]. In other words, he's recognized he's gone through R'lyeh, the Sunken City of R'lyeh, and then Cthulhu, the extraterrestrial, calls his band of worshippers home to recognize him as…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/paul-laffoley-7077_anti-christ_h-p-lovecraft-is-thrust-into-some-kind-o_1509500.jpg)
![“It's called "Pickman's Mephitic Models," based on the story [Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft].Certain things about it many people don't realize. Pickman was a real painter who lived between 1888 and 1926. Now, there's a question mark [gesturing toward the writing in the margins of the…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/paul-laffoley-7077_certain_it-s-called-pickman-s-mephitic-models-ba_2476255.jpg)
![“[Nikola Tesla] said he had no interest in the spiritual. He didn't believe in telepathy, didn't believe in any of that stuff, didn't believe in any religion, and he just thought all these people were being superstitious and wanted them to go away. And in that way he was very close to H.P…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/paul-laffoley-7077_atheist_nikola-tesla-said-he-had-no-interest-in_504374.jpg)
![“I think [H. P. Lovecraft] knew the whole gamut. He just didn't believe any of it! He probably liked to use the esoteric stuff because he knew it would tick people off and freak them out.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/paul-laffoley-7077_believe_i-think-h-p-lovecraft-knew-the-whole-gam_2392914.jpg)
