The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
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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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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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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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If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.
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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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