The best fiction is far more true than any journalism. - 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."

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

"In writing, you must kill all your darlings."

"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."

"Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing."