Enslavement Quotes by William Saroyan

Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are…

— William Saroyan

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is,…

— William Saroyan

“This is a hell of a night. I don't want to leave it just to go to sleep.”

— William Saroyan

Americans still believe they are cut out to be successful-in everything: love, love-making, luck, luck-giving, money-making, sense-making, cancer-avoiding, clothes-wearing, car-driving, and so on.

— William Saroyan

I can't decide for you whether or not you have got to write, but if anything in the world, war, or pestilence, or famine,…

— William Saroyan

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see for sure what we saw long ago but weren't…

— William Saroyan

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take…

— William Saroyan

Two years ago your father died, Ulysses. But as long as we are alive, as long as we are together, as long as two…

— William Saroyan

Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live,…

— William Saroyan

In the time of your life, live - so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or…

— William Saroyan

San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure.

— William Saroyan

Even after you've won fame and fortune, every time you write you've got to write, there's no shortcut, you have to start your career…

— William Saroyan