William Faulkner
American writer
| Date of Birth | : | 25 Sep, 1897 |
| Date of Death | : | 06 Jul, 1962 |
| Place of Birth | : | New Albany, Mississippi, United States |
| Profession | : | American Writer |
| Nationality | : | United States |
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature and often is considered the greatest writer of Southern literature.
Quotes
Total 20 Quotes
How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home.
Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.
I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are.
I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.
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.
You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
