William Faulkner Quotes

William Faulkner was a Noble Prize winning American novelist and short story writer. He was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. These William Faulkner Quotes will inspire and motivate you.

"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
William Faulkner

"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life."
William Faulkner

"Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written."
William Faulkner

"I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance."
William Faulkner

"I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from."
William Faulkner

"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
William Faulkner

"We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid."
William Faulkner

"The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews."
William Faulkner

"The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it."
William Faulkner

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