More quotes by William Faulkner

"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."
"A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid."
"The best fiction is far more true than any journalism."
"A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid."