Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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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 only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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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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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
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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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It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
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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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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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