He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
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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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A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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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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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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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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