In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die.

How little we know of what there is to know.

I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works.

It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.

This was the price you paid for sleeping together. This was the end of the trap. This was what people got for loving each other.

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?

To be successful in writing, use short sentences.