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.

Quote by William Faulkner

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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...

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...

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...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

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

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

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 would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since...

I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since...

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...

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept...

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept...

Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the...

Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the...

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the Ode on...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the Ode on...

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

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.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...