Quotes by William Faulkner about Literature

5 quotes by William Faulkner about literature

William Faulkner

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things...

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

Quote by William Faulkner about literature

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to...

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.

Quote by William Faulkner about literature

I never know what I think about something until I read...

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.

Quote by William Faulkner about literature

I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since words are my talent, I must try to express clumsily in words what the pure music would have done better.

Quote by William Faulkner about literature

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.

Quote by William Faulkner about literature

Last quotes

I’m trying to tell people that I am happy the way I am.... (Kim Ung-Yong)

Everything that men do or think concerns the satisfaction... (Albert Einstein)

I have only two rules which I regard as principles of... (Albert Einstein)

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. (Albert Einstein)

Top quotes

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the... (William Blake)

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is... (Henry Ford)

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the... (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Beckett)

Random quotes

There's no denying that television is one of the most... (Jim Fowler)

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of... (John Galsworthy)

have never supported squeak minute hand of the clock. It... (Gabriel Petru Baetan)

Having all your body parts intact and functioning at the... (Edward A. Murphy)

Christmas carols

Latest Carols:

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Little Drummer Boy: Come they told me pa rum pum pum pum... It's the most wonderful time of the year: It's the most... I'll Be Home For Christmas: I'll be home for Christmas...

Top Carols:

O little town of bethlehem: O little town of Bethlehem,... What child is this: What Child is this, Who laid to rest... Good king wenceslas: Good King Wenceslas looked out On... O come all ye faithful: O come all ye faithful Joyful and...

Random Carols:

I'll Be Home For Christmas: I'll be home for Christmas... Maker Of The Sun And Moon The Maker of the sun and moon,... It's the most wonderful time of the year: It's the most... O Remember Adams fall Remember, O thou man, O thou man, O...

Authors

Famous quotes

Folklore