It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my books, but they could understand $30,000.

Quote by William Faulkner

Topics: Books Quotes, Literature Quotes

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the...

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the...

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...

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...

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...

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to...

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

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...

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.

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.

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 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.

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...