Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.Address to High School Graduating Class, University High School, Oxford, Mississippi, 1951
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William Faulkner was an American writer known for his Southern Gothic style of writing. He is best known for his novels such as "The Sound and the Fury," "As I Lay Dying," and "Light in August," which are considered classics of American literature. Faulkner is celebrated for his complex narratives, profound psychological insights, and rich portrayal of the American South.
1897–1962·lived 64 years
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.Address to High School Graduating Class, University High School, Oxford, Mississippi, 1951
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.
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely.
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.
Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.
Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read.Lion in the Garden: Interviews with William Faulkner 1926-1962, 1947
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.The Wild Palms, 1939
Between grief and nothing I will take grief.The Wild Palms, 1939
It’s hard to understand other people, to know what’s hidden in their hearts, and without the assistance of alcohol it might never be done at all.Essays, Speeches & Public Letters
That’s all 11 quotes by William Faulkner.