Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTo understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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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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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
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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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A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change.
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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
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