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William Faulkner Quotes

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder Picture Quote #1

I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it Picture Quote #1

I’m bad and I’m going to hell, and I don’t care. I’d rather be in hell than anywhere where you are Picture Quote #1

If I were reincarnated, I’d want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That’s how he finds that he can bear anything Picture Quote #1

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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky Picture Quote #1

The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews Picture Quote #1

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it’s the perfect milieu for an artist to work in Picture Quote #1

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it Picture Quote #1

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next Picture Quote #1

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it’s the risk, the gamble. In any event it’s a thing I need Picture Quote #1

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This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them Picture Quote #1

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if we were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing Picture Quote #1

Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid. Ain’t nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be Picture Quote #1

Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves Picture Quote #1

It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end Picture Quote #1

Sin and love and fear are just sounds that people who never sinned nor loved nor feared have for what they never had and cannot have until they forget the words Picture Quote #1

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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too Picture Quote #1

Who is he who will affirm that there must be a web of flesh and bone to hold the shape of love? Picture Quote #1

Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools Picture Quote #1

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others Picture Quote #1

I learned little save that most of the deeds, good and bad both, incurring opprobrium or plaudits or reward either, within the scope of man’s abilities, had already been performed and were to be learned about only from books Picture Quote #1

A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station… Picture Quote #1

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She forced herself once more to think of nothing, to keep her consciousness immersed, as a little dog that one keeps under water until he has stopped struggling Picture Quote #1

This does not matter. This is not anything yet. It all depends on what you do with it, afterward Picture Quote #1

I am trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period Picture Quote #1

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself Picture Quote #1

When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there’s no holding me Picture Quote #1

You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to Picture Quote #1

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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder (William Faulkner Quotes) I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it (William Faulkner Quotes) I’m bad and I’m going to hell, and I don’t care. I’d rather be in hell than anywhere where you are (William Faulkner Quotes) If I were reincarnated, I’d want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything (William Faulkner Quotes) 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 Quotes) Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That’s how he finds that he can bear anything (William Faulkner Quotes) My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky (William Faulkner Quotes) The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews (William Faulkner Quotes) The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it’s the perfect milieu for an artist to work in (William Faulkner Quotes) The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it (William Faulkner Quotes) The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next (William Faulkner Quotes) There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it’s the risk, the gamble. In any event it’s a thing I need (William Faulkner Quotes) This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them (William Faulkner Quotes) Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if we were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing (William Faulkner Quotes) Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid. Ain’t nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be (William Faulkner Quotes) Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves (William Faulkner Quotes) It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end (William Faulkner Quotes) Sin and love and fear are just sounds that people who never sinned nor loved nor feared have for what they never had and cannot have until they forget the words (William Faulkner Quotes) People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too (William Faulkner Quotes) Who is he who will affirm that there must be a web of flesh and bone to hold the shape of love? (William Faulkner Quotes) Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools (William Faulkner Quotes) A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others (William Faulkner Quotes) I learned little save that most of the deeds, good and bad both, incurring opprobrium or plaudits or reward either, within the scope of man’s abilities, had already been performed and were to be learned about only from books (William Faulkner Quotes) A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station… (William Faulkner Quotes) She forced herself once more to think of nothing, to keep her consciousness immersed, as a little dog that one keeps under water until he has stopped struggling (William Faulkner Quotes) This does not matter. This is not anything yet. It all depends on what you do with it, afterward (William Faulkner Quotes) I am trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period (William Faulkner Quotes) Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself (William Faulkner Quotes) When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there’s no holding me (William Faulkner Quotes) You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to (William Faulkner Quotes)

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