William Faulkner Quotes

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I say demon-driven and wants to learn and has got to write, he don't know why, he will learn from almost any source that he finds. He will learn from older people who are not writers, he will learn from writers, but he learns it -- you can't teach it.

William Faulkner

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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?

Rachel Cusk
- Up
- Job
- Writer
When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That's the course I took with all three of my cancers.

Hamilton Jordan
- Serious
- Choices
- Learn
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.

Sam Harris
- Taken
- Wisdom
- Tradition
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

E. L. Doctorow
- Writing
- Learn
- Start
The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.

Zach Galifianakis
- Time
- Long
- Day
On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.

Ramon Rodriguez
- Book
- Learn
- Teach