You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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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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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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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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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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She was the captain of her soul
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Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what’s beautiful, and it’s best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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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.
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He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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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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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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