Notable Quotables by Andrew Barger

Please feel free to use these quotes with proper attribution to
Andrew Barger.

_ All Ghosts Are Gray
The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849
A Classic Ghost Anthology
Copyright - June 7, 2011

Tweets and text messages killed the long novel.
The Brownie of the Alabaster Mansion
Published July 25, 2011

Is not our purest form of writing that done without the taint of money?
Coffee with Poe
Published - November 3, 2003

J.D. Salinger—The Great Uncommunicator.
“What’s in Salinger’s Closet?”
Blog Essay- January 27, 2012

The literary world is marred with dead trees and terrible, fat novels. Does length equal creativity and originality? Do pages equal greatness?
The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849
A Classic Vampire Anthology
Copyright - August 12, 2011

Charlotte Bronte borrowed liberally and sloppily from Joseph Sheridan le Fanu when penning Jane Eyre. The originality of this classic novel is tarnished as a result.
The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849
A Classic Ghost Anthology
Copyright - June 7, 2011


They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.
Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles
Copyright - March 5, 2010

The short story is not, as some believe, a lesser form of literature than the novel.
The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849
A Classic Werewolf Anthology
Copyright - September 2, 2009

The difficulty with Poe is not figuring out which of his stories rise to the level required of this collection, but rather which of his stories to exclude from it.
The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849
A Classic Horror Anthology
Copyright - July 28, 2009

In truth, J.D. Salinger never needed the world. It’s always been the world that has needed J.D. Salinger.
What’s in Salinger’s Closet?
Blog Essay- January 27, 2012