The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and … - William Faulkner - Quotesmemo.com

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William Faulkner

The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.

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. . . how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.

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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.

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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

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Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

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Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.

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Children of course are monstrously conventional, repelled at once by whatever is off-center, out of whack, unmanageable. And being an only child I had been coddled a good deal (also scolded). I was awkward, precocious, timid, full of my private rituals and aversions.

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I write strictly for fun. . . as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it.

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Rod Steiger

It's difficult for the public to realize how powerful the mind is, and how much pain the mind can give you. When you're depressed, it's as though this committee has taken over your mind, leaving you one depressing thought after the other. You don't shave, you don't shower, you don't brush your teeth. You don't care. The one thing I did do, I still ate a little bit. But I didn't have much of an appetite. I know a lot of people who say they didn't eat at all.

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A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt. . . It is like the scent of a flower trying to destroy the flower.

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