More quotes by William Faulkner

"A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid."
"Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."
"In writing, you must kill all your darlings."
"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
"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."