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The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.

William Faulkner

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It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Day Drink Eat Eight Hour Make Man One Shame Thing Work
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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All Being Country Left Like Love Meddle People Person Snob Time
We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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Afraid Be Ourselves Start Teach
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Dream End Enough IT Lose Seek Wisdom
Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Before Believe Believer Even Know Longer Memory Recollect Remember Wonder
As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Capitalist Demand Expect Influence Life Live Long Money People System Under
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Bricklaying Interest Let Mechanical Shortcut Surgery Take Technique Write Writer
The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Anyone Next Seduce Talk Time Try With Word
The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Conflict Heart Human Itself Only Thing Worth Writing
And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Even Honest Liar Lie Man Same Scare Tell Torture Truth
Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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Ever Kno Mean Men More Possibly Women Wor
Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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Do Each Fact Much Other Really Truth With
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Know never Read Something Think Written
If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Because Choose Color Country Elect First Front Homogeneous One Present Survive Unbroken World
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Artist Courage Himself Honesty Kid Must Objectivity Plus Quality
The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Art Only Responsible Writer

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