He thought that it was loneliness which he was trying to escape and not himself. But the street ran on: catlike, one place was the same as another to him. But in none of them could he be quiet. But the street ran on in its moods and phases, always empty: he might have seen himself as in numberless avatars, in silence, doomed with motion, driven by the courage of flagged and spurred despair; by the despair of courage whose opportunities had to be flagged and spurred.
William FaulknerMy own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
William FaulknerI only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o'clock every day.
William FaulknerTruth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
William FaulknerThe only rule I have is to quit while itโs still hot. Never write yourself out. Always quit when itโs going good. Then itโs easier to take it up again. If you exhaust yourself, then youโll get into a dead spell and youโll have trouble with it.
William FaulknerSometimes I aint so sho who's got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he aint. Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It's like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.
William Faulkner