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: Writers Quotes

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.

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

A gentleman can live through anything.

A gentleman can live through anything.

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...

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...

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in...

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord 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...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 past is never forgotten; it's never even past

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

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

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

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...