William Faulkner

If all the businesses in town are run like country businesses, You are going to have a country town.

William Faulkner

In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior; in America, being an artist is an excuse for a form of behavior.

William Faulkner

In my opinion it’s a shame that there is so much work in the world.

William Faulkner

It is a happy faculty of the mind to slough that which conscience refuses to assimilate.

William Faulkner

It is assumed that anyone who makes a million dollars has a unique gift, though he might have made it off some useless gadget.

William Faulkner

It is not proof that I sought. I, of all men, know that proof is but a fallacy invented by man to justify to himself and his fellows his own crass lust and folly.

William Faulkner

It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.

William Faulkner

It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.

William Faulkner

Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique.

William Faulkner

Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.

William Faulkner