Algernon Blackwood Professions : Writer Born : March 14, 1869 Died : December 10, 1951 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Algernon Blackwood My unworldliness, even at 21, was abnormal. Not only had I never smoked tobacco nor touched alcohol of any description, but I had never yet set foot inside a theatre, or gone to a race course I had never seen, nor held a billiard cue, nor touched a card. Algernon Blackwood never alcohol theatre race I used to tell strange, wild, improbable tales akin to ghost stories, and discovered a taste for spinning yarns. Algernon Blackwood wild tell strange taste Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors