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 FAULKNERAs long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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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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Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain’t got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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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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She was the captain of her soul
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The 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.
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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. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.
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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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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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