Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
WILLIAM FAULKNERYes. A man will talk about how he’d like to escape from living folks. But it’s the dead folks that do him the damage. It’s the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.
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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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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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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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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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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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She was the captain of her soul
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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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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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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