What do you mean, what's the matter with him? Nothing's the matter with him, everything's the matter with him, the same as it is with everybody else. He's just fine. He gets overwhelmed now and then, and he doesn't know… — 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
