Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTry to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNERShe was the captain of her soul
WILLIAM FAULKNERAs long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThere is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA man is the sum of his misfortunes.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA man. All men. He will pass up a hundred chances to do good for one chance to meddle where meddling is not wanted. He will overlook and fail to see chances, opportunities, for riches and fame and welldoing, and even sometimes for evil. But he won’t fail to see a chance to meddle.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIf a story is in you, it has to come out.
WILLIAM FAULKNERHow false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
WILLIAM FAULKNERNever be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
WILLIAM FAULKNERDon’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNERFacts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
WILLIAM FAULKNERPeople need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTeach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA 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.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTalk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
WILLIAM FAULKNER