Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.

Gabrielle Zevin
- Writing
- School
- Present
Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.

Camille Paglia
- Long
- Think
- Doing
You can never plan the future by the past.

Edmund Burke
- Future
- Past
- Plan
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.

Zadie Smith
- Think
- Write
- Luxury
People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.

Ian McShane
- People
- Think
- Before
I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.

Samantha Bond
- Think
- You
- Everything