If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.

Quote by William Faulkner

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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,...

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...

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...

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

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

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books... Perhaps it could not live anywhere...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books... Perhaps it could not live anywhere...

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.

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...

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.

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...