I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
WILLIAM FAULKNERShe was the captain of her soul
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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You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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If you, not just you in this room tonight, but in all the thousands of other rooms like this one about the world today and tomorrow and next week, will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth.
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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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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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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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The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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She was the captain of her soul
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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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