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

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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...

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....

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 salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

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

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

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...

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

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...

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

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

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created...

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...