To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

Quote by William Faulkner

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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 a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

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 artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

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.

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

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 last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

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 past is never forgotten; it's never even past

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

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...

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...

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...

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to...

A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to...

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

They asked me once my thoughts about infinity, and I told em with all I...

They asked me once my thoughts about infinity, and I told em with all I...