Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
WILLIAM FAULKNERHistory is not was, it is.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death.
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
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If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don’t deserve to survive, and probably won’t.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
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The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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