The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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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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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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Civilization begins with distillation
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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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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Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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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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