Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.
John AstinI got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.
John AstinIt 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.
John AstinI love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.
John Astin