I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERYour illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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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.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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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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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
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