Famous Edward Gorey Quotes

  • If a story is only what it seems to be about, then somehow the author has failed. – Edward Gorey

    If a story is only what it seems to be about, then somehow the author has failed.– Edward Gorey

  • I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist…I am a person who does those things. – Edward Gorey

    I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist…I am a person who does those things.– Edward Gorey

  • The Baron told her that only art meant anything. – Edward Gorey

    The Baron told her that only art meant anything.– Edward Gorey

  • Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin. – Edward Gorey

    Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.– Edward Gorey