The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.

Quote by William Faulkner

Topics: Criticism Quotes, Writers Quotes, Writing Quotes

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

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.

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

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

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...

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop...

Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

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

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

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...