More quotes by William Faulkner

"The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten."
"A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid."
"I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are."
"If a story is in you, it has to come out."
"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."