Famous quotes containing the words poe and/or wrote:
“Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
“As artists they’re rot, but as providers they’re oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)