In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior. In America, it's an excuse for a form of behavior.
William FaulknerEveryone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.
William FaulknerA man. All men. He will pass up a hundred chances to do good for one chance to meddle where meddling is not wanted. He will overlook and fail to see chances, opportunities, for riches and fame and welldoing, and even sometimes for evil. But he won't fail to see a chance to meddle.
William Faulkner