Edward Gorey
Edward Gorey
Edward St. John Goreywas an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 February 1925
CountryUnited States of America
crazy librarian mets
I thought I'd be a librarian until I met some crazy ones.
height would-be folly
To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.
too-much gin drank
Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.
today intention literal
I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense.
evidence contrary knows
I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.
trails inconsequential
I tend to be rather inconsequential and trail off.
would-be ifs indescribable
Ideally, if anything [was] any good, it would be indescribable.
hurt nice littles
Vice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.
given relevant considering
I have given up considering happiness as relevant.
sandwiches parsley should
I should like a parsley sandwich. To the best of my knowledge they are not in season.
fashion passion excess
Such excess of passion is quite out of fashion
nice thinking world
The world may think it idiotic, Nor care at all we're symbiotic, But I will say at once and twice: I find it nice. I find it nice.
acting actresses necks
...my least favorite actress of all time, Helena Bonham Carter. I find her lack of a neck very off-putting and especially her acting.
thinking past iceland
Neither mine nor other people's prospects seem particularly pleasing just at the moment, and I have fantasies of going to Iceland, never to return. As it is, I tell myself not to remember the past, not to hope or fear for the future, and not to think in the present, a comprehensive program that will undoubtedly have very little success.