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I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.

It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.

One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this.

I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.

The portal into people's hearts is being interested in them.

One thing I incorporated in my novel 'The Poe Shadow' was the little-known fact that documents show Poe inherited a slave and decided to free him.

Reading Poe was like a near-death experience, the kind that makes you feel fragile and free in its wake. I felt almost as though I'd scared myself alive.

I think there's a path cut for us, a destination mapped out. Everyone ends up where they're meant to be, and how they got there doesn't really matter.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.