Surely heaven must have something of the color and shape of whatever village or hill or cottage of which the believer says, This is my own.
William FaulknerThe poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.
William FaulknerThe good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
William Faulkner