Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
WILLIAM FAULKNERSuccess is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
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I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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The past is never dead, it is not even past.
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No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
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It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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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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