Quotes by Faulkner, William

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

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who wa >>

A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods i >>

Quotations about Work

You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads. >>

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest. >>

My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work. >>

One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours --all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.

Faulkner, William