William Faulkner

Making or getting money is a kind of game where there are not any rules at all.

William Faulkner

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing.

William Faulkner

Only a fool tries to outsmart smart people, and anyone that tries to fool fools is already one.

William Faulkner

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.

William Faulkner

Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you.

William Faulkner

The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.

William Faulkner

The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.

William Faulkner

The work of the artist is to lift up people’s hearts and help them endure.

William Faulkner

The writer doesn’t need economic freedom. All he needs is a pencil and some paper.

William Faulkner

The writer has three sources: one is observation; one is experience, which includes reading; the other is imagination.

William Faulkner