William Faulkner Quotes

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies.

William Faulkner

Quotes to Explore

If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.

Sadhu Vaswani
- Love
- Sacrifice
- Selfish
I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'

Rachel Cusk
- People
- Time
- Long
Decision – making is very scary for me.

Laura Dern
- Me
- Decision
- Scary
When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.

Nancy Willard
- Up
- Girl
- Growing
We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.

Carine Roitfeld
- Women
- Always
- Luck
I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character that you are talking to.

Dabney Coleman
- Character
- Yourself
- Relax