
Tag: William Faulkner
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“Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.”

“All (writers) have failed to match our dream of perfection… That’s why he keeps on working, trying again…”

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be…”

“What did you do that for? / I’ve been wondering whether I’d like it.”

“The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.”

“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.”

author, essayist, Nobel Prize Winner, novelist, poet, screenwriter
“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is …”

essayist, Nobel Prize Winner, novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer, writer