Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or p... - William Faulkner

"A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid."

"You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults."

"If a story is in you, it has to come out."

"It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work."

"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth."