Quotes By Edward Gorey

I just kind of conjured them up out of my subconscious and put them in order of ascending peculiarity.

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.

I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems.

To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.