The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
WILLIAM FAULKNERMen have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTalk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe past is never dead, it is not even past.
WILLIAM FAULKNERFacts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
WILLIAM FAULKNERHollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
WILLIAM FAULKNEROne of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat…nor make love for eight hours…
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe 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.
WILLIAM FAULKNERWriting a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
WILLIAM FAULKNERNo battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
WILLIAM FAULKNERAlways dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
WILLIAM FAULKNERMemory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThere are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
WILLIAM FAULKNERAll of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
WILLIAM FAULKNER