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

Topics: Funny Quotes, Writers Quotes

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...

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.

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...

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

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...

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...

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

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...

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...

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

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...