More quotes by William Faulkner

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."
"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
"You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults."
"In writing, you must kill all your darlings."