I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.

Quote by William Faulkner

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Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in...

A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in...

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

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

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

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

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

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to...

Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on...

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

A gentleman can live through anything.

A gentleman can live through anything.

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...