More quotes by William Faulkner

"In writing, you must kill all your darlings."
"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."
"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 cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."