My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write. William Faulkner More Quotes by William Faulkner More Quotes From William Faulkner I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. William Faulkner sacrificelifebelieve 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. William Faulkner humorousdrinkingfunny The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. William Faulkner lifeartmoving Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders. William Faulkner augustmemoriesbelieve We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid. William Faulkner learningteachingfear They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence. William Faulkner liarsmenlying Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other. William Faulkner realityfacts 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. Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race. William Faulkner racemenmean The salvation of the world is in man's suffering. William Faulkner world-sufferingsalvationmen The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it. William Faulkner wisdominspirationallove A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences. William Faulkner gentlemanresponsibilitybears Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else. William Faulkner book There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less. William Faulkner three-wordsthreethousand A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once. William Faulkner mulespatienceyears Wonder. Go on and wonder. William Faulkner inspirationgoes-onwonder She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it. William Faulkner capacity-to-lovestronggiving Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing. William Faulkner writing The past is never dead. It's not even past. William Faulkner heredity-and-environmentwisdompast 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. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him. William Faulkner mistakewritingbelieve No one individual can tell the truth. William Faulkner individualtelling-the-truth
