891 Quotes by William Faulkner

Don Quixote — I read that every year, as some do the Bible.

Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.

Curiosity is a mistress whose slaves decline no sacrifice.

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.

That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.

Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura.

...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

What a writer's obituary should read - he wrote the books, then he died.

Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.