A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
WILLIAM FAULKNERMy own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
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Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
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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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Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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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 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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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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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 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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