I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERWomen know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
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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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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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All l mixed up with them, like trying to, having to, move your arms and legs with strings, only the same strings are hitched to all the other arms and legs and the others all trying and they don’t know why either except that the strings are all in one another’s way.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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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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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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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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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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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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