--- title: "8 Too busy Quotes By William Faulkner" description: "8 Too busy quotes by William Faulkner. Plus more from William Faulkner and more Too busy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/william-faulkner-306_art_ninety-nine-percent-talent-ninety-nine-p_683141.jpg" --- > [“Ninety-nine percent talent…ninety-nine percent discipline…ninety-nine percent work. He must never be satisfied with what he does. It is never as good as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/ninety-nine-percent-talent-ninety-nine-percent-discipline-ninety-nine/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/william-faulkner-306_art_ninety-nine-percent-talent-ninety-nine-p_683141.jpg) > [“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/an-artist-is-a-creature-driven-by-demons-he-doesn-t-know-why-they/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/william-faulkner-306_art_an-artist-is-a-creature-driven-by-demons_915809.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) > [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) > [Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/always-dream-and-shoot-higher-than-you-know-you-can-do-don-t-bother-2/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/william-faulkner-306_art_always-dream-and-shoot-higher-than-you-k_1979864.jpg) > [An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/an-artist-is-a-creature-driven-by-demons-he-doesn-t-know-why-they-2/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/william-faulkner-306_art_an-artist-is-a-creature-driven-by-demons_2075382.png) > [“The writer doesn’t need economic freedom. All he needs is a pencil and some paper. I’ve never known anything good in writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-writer-doesn-t-need-economic-freedom-all-he-needs-is-a-pencil-and-2/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/william-faulkner-306_economic-freedom_the-writer-doesn-t-need-economic-freedom_2730842.jpg) > [Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/everyone-in-the-south-has-no-time-for-reading-because-they-are-all/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/817/william-faulkner-306_busy_everyone-in-the-south-has-no-time-for-re_2923766.png) ## Other authors on Too busy ## 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/too-busy/william-faulkner/#itemlist", "name": "8 Too busy Quotes By William Faulkner", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ninety-nine percent talent…ninety-nine percent discipline…ninety-nine percent work. He must never be satisfied with what he does. It is never as good as it can be done. Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. An artist is a creature driven by demons. 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