If a story is in you, it has to come out. - William Faulkner

"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."

"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."

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

"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."