William Faulkner

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid read more

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so read more

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

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

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