Art Quote by John Cusack

Poe was such a tragic and brilliant figure; he's somebody whom I've been somewhat obsessed with my whole life. I first read 'The Tell-Tale…

— Rose McGowan

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

Edgar Allan Poe is amazing because he was so dark. He's from Baltimore and so cynical that you can feel it when you're reading,…

— Goldlink

“I can see prose has taken an unfortunate turn toward utility in the past century,” he said with obvious regret. “I’m afraid Poe and…

— D. Nathan Hilliard

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

— Paul Valery

Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of…

— Stephen King

“He clasped his hands to his ears as if he would tear his very brain out!" A sample line from Shadow my psychological/horror compared…

— C.S. Dixon

Poe tried alcohol, and any drug he could lay his hands on. He also tried any human being he could lay his hands on.

— D. H. Lawrence

“An enthusiasm for Poe is the mark of a decidedly primitive stage of reflection. Baudelaire thought him a profound philosopher... Poe was much the…

— Henry James

The filmmaker Amos Poe was a huge inspiration for me by making guerrilla-style punk films on the streets of New York and - well,…

— Jim Jarmusch

After reading Edgar Allan Poe. Something the critics have not noticed: a new literary world pointing to the literature of the 20th Century. Scientific…

— Jules de Goncourt

“His sensitive nature was still smarting under the lashes of an undivided and squalid way of life. His soul was still disquieted and cast…

— James Joyce