William Faulkner

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in read more

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

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.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the read more

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.

People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you read more

People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. -William Faulkner.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. -William Faulkner.