Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIf we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…
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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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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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A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
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