No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
If you’re alive, you can’t be bored in San Francisco. If you’re not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I see life as one life at one time, so many millions simultaneously, all over the earth. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Every artist is in everything he creates, and indeed if the truth is told, every person is in his life, in his… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“What the hell are they all looking for? A way out. A way to the right way out. A way to leave.… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
The events of life have never fallen into the form of the short story or the form of the poem, or into… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I know you will remember this — that nothing good ever ends. If it did, there would be no people in the… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
You must remember always to give, of everything you have. You must give foolishly even. You must be extravagant. You must give… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“Death is not an easy thing for anyone to understand, least of all a child, but every life shall one day end.… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
The purpose of writing is both to keep up with life and to run ahead of it. I am little comfort to… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Love doesn't have to be perfect. Even perfect, it is still the best thing there is, for the simple reason that it… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
In the time of your life, live - so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Future?" Homer said. He was a little embarrassed because all his life, from day to day, he had been busy mapping out… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“This is a hell of a night. I don't want to leave it just to go to sleep.” — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
