Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNEROur most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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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.
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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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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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If you, not just you in this room tonight, but in all the thousands of other rooms like this one about the world today and tomorrow and next week, will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth.
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I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
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Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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