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

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The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

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

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

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

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...

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the...

Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

I can remember how when I was young I believed death to be a phenomenon...

I can remember how when I was young I believed death to be a phenomenon...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

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...

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

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...

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

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Never pass up an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.

Never pass up an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.