The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

Quote by William Faulkner

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

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

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

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

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

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...

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...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Dream without limits. Think without limits.

Dream without limits. Think without limits.