William Faulkner

William Faulkner was an American writer known for his complex narratives and innovative use of stream of consciousness in his novels, particularly set in the American South.

"I'd have wasted a lot of time and trouble before I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they are, then leave them alone."

William Faulkner

"Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything good."

William Faulkner

"The phenomenon of war is its hermaphroditism: the principles of victory and of defeat inhabit the same body and the necessary opponent, enemy, is merely the bed they self-exhaust each other on."

William Faulkner

"Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."

William Faulkner

"I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time."

William Faulkner