The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means. William Faulkner More Quotes by William Faulkner More Quotes From William Faulkner I dont hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I dont. I dont! I dont hate it! I dont hate it! William Faulkner hateairdark any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man William Faulkner dead-manmen The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies. William Faulkner sunsetdiestea 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 envyhatebird Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant. William Faulkner caviarelephantsgiving And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough. William Faulkner waitingpatiencelong 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 readingmenbook 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 bus-stopsdeskslogical Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good. William Faulkner writingmayinspiring The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost. William Faulkner solitudeartistwriting 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 spacetryingtwo If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can. William Faulkner optimisticdeterminationsuffering In writing, you must kill all your darlings. William Faulkner darlingwriting Our freedom must be buttressed by a homogeny equally and unchallengeably free, no matter what color they are, so that all the other inimical forces everywhere -- systems political or religious or racial or national -- will not just respect us because we practice freedom, they will fear us because we do. William Faulkner colorreligiouspractice There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others. William Faulkner whiskeyscotchdrinking the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat William Faulkner agonyheartwriting 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 and-lovesoundpeople I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue. William Faulkner tongueconsistentpeople The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies. William Faulkner motherdreamart All of us have failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. If I could write all my work again, I'm convinced I could do it better. This is the healthiest condition for an artist. That's why he keeps working, trying again: he believes each time that this time he will do it, bring it off. Of course he won't. William Faulkner dreamwritingbelieve
