Edgar Allan Poe Quotes about Writing

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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Edgar Allan Poe

Writing, Thoughtful, Reality

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

Edgar Allan Poe

Inspirational, Life, Writing

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.

Edgar Allan Poe

Writing, Insightful, Story Writers

A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, must not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.

Edgar Allan Poe

Writing, Men, Wife

"The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe".

Grammar is the analysis of language.

Edgar Allan Poe

Writing, Analysis, Language

Edgar Allan Poe (2014). “Complete Collection of Edgar Allan Poe - 170+ eBooks (Complete Tales, Poems, Novels, Essays, Miscellaneous, Play)”, p.1305, Ageless Reads

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

Edgar Allan Poe

Song, Writing, Thinking

Edgar Allan Poe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)”, p.1877, Delphi Classics

Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing that shall baffle investigation. Yet it may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.

Edgar Allan Poe

Believe, Writing, Discovery

Edgar Allan Poe (2016). “Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe: The New Raven Edition”, p.1177, ShandonPress

Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition - and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes.

Edgar Allan Poe

Writing, Creative, Intuition

Edgar Allan Poe (2016). “Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works”, p.244, My Ebook Publishing House