I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
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The past is never dead, it is not even past.
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Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was – only is.
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Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
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Civilization begins with distillation
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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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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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She was the captain of her soul
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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