--- title: "24 Ifs Quotes By William Faulkner" description: "24 Ifs quotes by William Faulkner. Plus more from William Faulkner and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/william-faulkner-306_facts_a-man-never-gets-anywhere-if-facts-and-h_2566046.png" --- > [A man never gets anywhere if facts and his ledgers don't square.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/a-man-never-gets-anywhere-if-facts-and-his-ledgers-don-t-square/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/william-faulkner-306_facts_a-man-never-gets-anywhere-if-facts-and-h_2566046.png) > [If there is a God what the hell is He for?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/if-there-is-a-god-what-the-hell-is-he-for/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/william-faulkner-306_god_if-there-is-a-god-what-the-hell-is-he-fo_2590938.png) > [Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/let-the-writer-take-up-surgery-or-bricklaying-if-he-is-interested-in-2/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/william-faulkner-306_bricklaying_let-the-writer-take-up-surgery-or-brickl_1139081.png) > [The writer's only responsibility is to his art...If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-writer-s-only-responsibility-is-to-his-art-if-a-writer-has-to-rob/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/william-faulkner-306_art_the-writer-s-only-responsibility-is-to-h_960242.png) > [If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoyevsky, all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/if-i-had-not-existed-someone-else-would-have-written-me-hemingway-2/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/william-faulkner-306_dostoyevsky_if-i-had-not-existed-someone-else-would_2886950.png) > [Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/success-is-feminine-and-like-a-woman-if-you-cringe-before-her-she/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/william-faulkner-306_cringe_success-is-feminine-and-like-a-woman-if_1147286.png) > [We could live like counts. ... If all that money is out there, I might as well hack a little on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/we-could-live-like-counts-if-all-that-money-is-out-there-i-might-as/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/william-faulkner-306_books_we-could-live-like-counts-if-all-that-mo_425053.png) > [I do not rewrite unless I am absolutely sure that I can express the material better if I do rewrite it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-do-not-rewrite-unless-i-am-absolutely-sure-that-i-can-express-the/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/william-faulkner-306_funny_i-do-not-rewrite-unless-i-am-absolutely_2140756.png) > [I think that-that anyone, the painter, the musician, the writer works in a-a kind of an-an insane fury. He's demon-driven. He can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-think-that-that-anyone-the-painter-the-musician-the-writer-works-in/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/william-faulkner-306_busy_i-think-that-that-anyone-the-painter-the_1834506.png) > [Nothing can injure a man's writing if he's a first-rate writer. If a man is not a first-rate writer, there's not anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/nothing-can-injure-a-man-s-writing-if-he-s-a-first-rate-writer-if-a/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/william-faulkner-306_doe_nothing-can-injure-a-man-s-writing-if-he_884152.png) > [The reason I don't like interviews is that I seem to react violently to personal questions. If the questions are about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-reason-i-don-t-like-interviews-is-that-i-seem-to-react-violently/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/william-faulkner-306_answers_the-reason-i-don-t-like-interviews-is-th_1548203.png) > [I think the serious things really are the things that make for happiness--people and things that are compatible, love… So many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-think-the-serious-things-really-are-the-things-that-make-for/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/william-faulkner-306_compatible_i-think-the-serious-things-really-are-th_2195323.png) > [The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-artist-is-of-no-importance-only-what-he-creates-is-important/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/william-faulkner-306_art_the-artist-is-of-no-importance-only-what_2738321.png) > [Living is one constant and perpetual instant when the arras-veil before what-is-to-be hangs docile and even glad to the lightest naked thrust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/living-is-one-constant-and-perpetual-instant-when-the-arras-veil/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/william-faulkner-306_brave_living-is-one-constant-and-perpetual-ins_873097.jpg) > [You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/you-could-do-so-much-for-me-if-you-just-would-if-you-just-knew-i-am-i/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/william-faulkner-306_funny_you-could-do-so-much-for-me-if-you-just_2331550.jpg) > [The only rule I have is to quit while it’s still hot. Never write yourself out. Always quit when it’s going good.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-only-rule-i-have-is-to-quit-while-it-s-still-hot-never-write/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/william-faulkner-306_easier_the-only-rule-i-have-is-to-quit-while-it_1765008.jpg) > [If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/if-we-americans-are-to-survive-it-will-have-to-be-because-we-choose/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/william-faulkner-306_america_if-we-americans-are-to-survive-it-will-h_3003465.jpg) > [God created man and He created the world for him to live in and I reckon He created the kind of world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/god-created-man-and-he-created-the-world-for-him-to-live-in-and-i/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/william-faulkner-306_bigs_god-created-man-and-he-created-the-world_761278.png) > [At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/at-one-time-i-thought-the-most-important-thing-was-talent-i-think-now-2/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/william-faulkner-306_curiosity_at-one-time-i-thought-the-most-important_1665951.jpg) > [It has always seemed to me that the only painless death must be that which takes the intelligence by violent surprise and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-has-always-seemed-to-me-that-the-only-painless-death-must-be-that/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/william-faulkner-306_bewilderment_it-has-always-seemed-to-me-that-the-only_1817280.jpg) > [We will have to choose not between color nor race nor religion nor between East and West either, but simply between being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/we-will-have-to-choose-not-between-color-nor-race-nor-religion-nor/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/william-faulkner-306_amount_we-will-have-to-choose-not-between-color_3227014.jpg) > ['I never feel the need to discuss my work with anyone. No, I am too busy writing it. It has got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-never-feel-the-need-to-discuss-my-work-with-anyone-no-i-am-too-busy/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/william-faulkner-306_busy_i-never-feel-the-need-to-discuss-my-work_1241221.png) > [So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/so-never-be-afraid-never-be-afraid-to-raise-your-voice-for-honesty/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/william-faulkner-306_afraid_so-never-be-afraid-never-be-afraid-to-ra_2212678.png) > [I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I'm going to give her. That's the only way to manage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-never-promise-a-woman-anything-nor-let-her-know-what-i-m-going-to/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/william-faulkner-306_cant_i-never-promise-a-woman-anything-nor-let_2776809.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by William Faulkner > [“The river itself is not a hundred yards across, and pa and Vernon and Vardaman and Dewey Dell are the only things in sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-river-itself-is-not-a-hundred-yards-across-and-pa-and-vernon-and/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-quality-an-artist-must-have-is-objectivity-in-judging-his-work/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“Luster returned, wearing a stiff new straw hat with a colored band and carrying a cloth cap. The hat seemed to isolate Luster's skull,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/luster-returned-wearing-a-stiff-new-straw-hat-with-a-colored-band-and/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-is-easy-enough-to-say-that-man-is-immortal-simply-because-he-will/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“What matters is at the end of life, when you're about to pass into oblivion, that you've at least scratched 'Kilroy was here,' on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/what-matters-is-at-the-end-of-life-when-you-re-about-to-pass-into/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [I've got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-ve-got-to-feel-the-pencil-and-see-the-words-at-the-end-of-the-pencil/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/and-sure-enough-even-waiting-will-end-if-you-can-just-wait-long-enough/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-believe-that-man-will-not-merely-endure-he-will-prevail-he-is/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/never-be-afraid-to-raise-your-voice-for-honesty-and-truth-and/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/to-understand-the-world-you-must-first-understand-a-place-like/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“What modren ideas?” pap said. “I didn’t know there was but one idea about work—until it is done, it ain’t done, and when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/what-modren-ideas-pap-said-i-didn-t-know-there-was-but-one-idea-about/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“It was only as he put his hand on the door that he became aware of complete silence beyond it, a silence which he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-was-only-as-he-put-his-hand-on-the-door-that-he-became-aware-of/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“She has no mother because fatherblood hates with love and pride, but motherblood with hate loves and cohabits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/she-has-no-mother-because-fatherblood-hates-with-love-and-pride-but/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“Byron listened quietly, thinking to himself how people everywhere are about the same, but that it did seem that in a small town, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/byron-listened-quietly-thinking-to-himself-how-people-everywhere-are/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) > [“It was too late. Maybe yesterday, while I was still a child, but not now. I knew too much, had seen too much, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-was-too-late-maybe-yesterday-while-i-was-still-a-child-but-not-now/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-faulkner/#itemlist", "name": "24 Ifs Quotes By William Faulkner", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man never gets anywhere if facts and his ledgers don't square.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Faulkner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/a-man-never-gets-anywhere-if-facts-and-his-ledgers-don-t-square/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/william-faulkner-306_facts_a-man-never-gets-anywhere-if-facts-and-h_2566046.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/william-faulkner-306_facts_a-man-never-gets-anywhere-if-facts-and-h_2566046.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/william-faulkner-306_facts_a-man-never-gets-anywhere-if-facts-and-h_2566046.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man never gets anywhere if facts and his ledgers don't square.” — William Faulkner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there is a God what the hell is He for?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Faulkner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/if-there-is-a-god-what-the-hell-is-he-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/william-faulkner-306_god_if-there-is-a-god-what-the-hell-is-he-fo_2590938.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/william-faulkner-306_god_if-there-is-a-god-what-the-hell-is-he-fo_2590938.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/william-faulkner-306_god_if-there-is-a-god-what-the-hell-is-he-fo_2590938.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If there is a God what the hell is He for?” — William Faulkner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Faulkner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/let-the-writer-take-up-surgery-or-bricklaying-if-he-is-interested-in-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/william-faulkner-306_bricklaying_let-the-writer-take-up-surgery-or-brickl_1139081.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/william-faulkner-306_bricklaying_let-the-writer-take-up-surgery-or-brickl_1139081.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/william-faulkner-306_bricklaying_let-the-writer-take-up-surgery-or-brickl_1139081.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique.” — William Faulkner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The writer's only responsibility is to his art...If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; 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