Quotes by Faulkner, William

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artific >>

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely >>

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've writt >>

Quotations about Literature

Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it i >>

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someon >>

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of ord >>

The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn't have needed anyone since.

Faulkner, William