At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
WILLIAM FAULKNERDon’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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Someone else looks at it and sees a slightly awry phase of it. But taken all together, the truth is in what they saw though nobody saw the truth intact.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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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.
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don’t deserve to survive, and probably won’t.
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Try to be better than yourself.
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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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