Quotes by Faulkner, William

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other. >>

People between twenty and forty are not sympathetic. The child has the >>

The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, sin >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until d >>

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that >>

To endow the writer publicly with a good fleshly body, to reveal that >>

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. 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.

Faulkner, William