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If a story is in you, it has to come out.

William Faulkner

Stichwörter: writing

She forced herself once more to think of nothing, to keep her consciousness immersed, as a little dog that one keeps under water until he has stopped struggling

William Faulkner

My mother is a fish.

William Faulkner

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

Stichwörter: past time

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

William Faulkner

Stichwörter: inspirational self-improvement personality potential perfectionism

All of us have failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. If I could write all my work again, I'm convinced I could do it better. This is the healthiest condition for an artist. That's why he keeps working, trying again: he believes each time that this time he will do it, bring it off. Of course he won't.

William Faulkner

Stichwörter: dreams

There is no was.

William Faulkner

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.

William Faulkner

A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.

William Faulkner