I used to throw things out, saying, 'This isn't great.' It didn't occur to me that it didn't have to be great. William Saroyan More Quotes by William Saroyan More Quotes From William Saroyan The writer is a spiritual anarchist, as in the depth of his soul every man is. He is discontented with everything and everybody. The writer is everybody's best friend and only true enemy-the good and great enemy. He neither walks with the multitude nor cheers with them. The writer who is a writer is a rebel who never stops William Saroyan cheer spiritual men You may tend to get cancer from the thing that makes you want to smoke so much, not from the smoking itself. William Saroyan cancer smoking may If you're alive, you can't be bored in San Francisco. If you're not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life......San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure. It is a city in which the spirit can know refreshment every day. William Saroyan cities heart adventure Babies who have not yet been taught to speak any language are the only race of the earth, the race of man: all the rest is pretence, what we call civilization, hatred, fear, desire for strength. William Saroyan race baby men A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography. William Saroyan awareness identity men But who can speak to God, or rather who can't? The question is, who can get an answer? William Saroyan speak god answers I can't hate for long. It isn't worth it. William Saroyan i-can hate long One day in the afternoon of the world, glum death will come and sit in you, and when you get up to walk, you will be as glum as death, but if you're lucky, this will only make the fun better and the love greater. William Saroyan one-day lucky fun I saw rich beggars and poor beggars, proud beggars and humble beggars, fat beggars and thin beggars, healthy beggars and sick beggars, whole beggars and crippled beggars, wise beggars and stupid beggars. I saw amateur beggars and professional beggars. A professional beggar is a beggar who begs for a living. William Saroyan stupid humble wise Live, for this is the time of your life. William Saroyan time-of-your-life The best thing we have is sleep, of course, and what is sleep except the putting aside of everything tentative for another interval of final and everlasting truth? Sleep isn't dying, but it is certainly keeping in tough with it. William Saroyan finals dying sleep Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play. William Saroyan genius play men If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is no longer a thief. William Saroyan thieves stealing giving What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years? William Saroyan men years moving I care so much about everything that I care about nothing. William Saroyan i-care care Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan soon-enough alive trying People is all everything is, all it has ever been, all it can ever be. William Saroyan people I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in. William Saroyan opportunity doors motivational No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living. William Saroyan san-francisco cities heart We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about. William Saroyan activity action
