I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Try to be better than yourself.
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Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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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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As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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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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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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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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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
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