Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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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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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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History is not was, it is.
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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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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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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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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There 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.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change.
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