Everything alive is part of each of us, and many things which do not move as we move are part of us. The sun is part of us, the earth, the sky, the stars, the rivers, and the oceans. All things are part of us, and we have come here to enjoy them and to thank God for them.
William SaroyanAll writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it.
William SaroyanHuman greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met.
William SaroyanI can't decide for you whether or not you have got to write, but if anything in the world, war, or pestilence, or famine, or private hunger, or anything, can stop you from writing, then don't write . . . because if anything can even begin to keep you from writing you aren't a writer and you'll be in a hell of a mess until you find out. If you are a writer, you'll still be in a hell of a mess, but you'll have better reasons.
William Saroyan