Storytelling Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

9 Storytelling quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

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For a quick dip into unsettling, otherworldly tales, these nine excerpts from H. P. Lovecraft provide a concise glimpse of his dark, atmospheric storytelling voice.

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All of my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in…

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Certain of Poe's tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them veritable beacon-lights in the province of the…

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I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serious competitor of my…

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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

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Write out the story - rapidly, fluently, and not too critically - following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot…

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To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form - and local human passions and conditions…

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The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic law - an imaginative escape from…

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I am well-nigh resolv'd to write no more tales but merely to dream when I have a mind to, not stopping to…

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All my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance…

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There are probably seven persons, in all, who really like my work; and they are enough. I should write even if I were the…

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Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements…

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Thus I began my systematic though half-bewildered tour of Innsmouth's narrow, shadow-blighted ways. Crossing the bridge and turning toward the roar of the lower…

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