Poe Quotes

55 quotes by 47 authors

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest — William Friedkin
The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral , and I prefer the Platonic idea of the Muse to that of… — Jorge Luis Borges
I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life. — John Astin
People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us. — John Astin
I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe. — Robert Englund
I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie… — Ralph Ellison
If the Poe Lock were ever rendered unusable due to a terrorist attack or natural disaster, it would halt commerce on the Great Lakes and… — Bart Stupak
A page of Addison or of Irving will teach more of style than a whole manual of rules, whilst a story of Poe's will impress… — H P Lovecraft
Out on the street, you never know what you're getting, and suddenly two days later you're beating yourself in the head with a tennis racket,… — Johnny Depp
Nos beaux sentiments ne sont-ils pas les poeÂ sies de la volonteÂ ? Aren't our best feelings poetry of the will? — Honore de Balzac
The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas. — Tom Robbins
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was… — Jill Scott
Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken. — Paul Valery
To me [Edgar Allen Poe's] prose is unreadableâ€”like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not… — Mark Twain
Because, ten-year-olds of the world, you shouldn't believe what your teachers tell you about the beauty and specialness and uniqueness of you. Or, believe it,… — Sloane Crosley
...like a scene from the swamps of Louisiana or the mind of Poe on opium. — Dean Koontz
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe. — John Lennon
The modern story begun, one might say, with Edgar Allan Poe, which proceeds inexorably, like a machine destined to accomplish its mission with the maximum… — Julio Cortazar
In university courses we do exercises. Term papers, quizzes, final examinations are not meant for publication. We move through a course on Dostoevsky or Poe… — John Gardner
Garrett," said Stendahl, "do you know why I've done this to you? Because you burned Mr. Poe's books without really reading them. You took other… — Ray Bradbury

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