--- title: "19 Trying Quotes By William Faulkner" description: "19 Trying quotes by William Faulkner. Plus more from William Faulkner and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/william-faulkner-306_caps_i-am-trying-to-say-it-all-in-one-sentenc_2656967.png" --- > [I am trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-am-trying-to-say-it-all-in-one-sentence-between-one-cap-and-one/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/william-faulkner-306_caps_i-am-trying-to-say-it-all-in-one-sentenc_2656967.png) > [Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/don-t-bother-just-to-be-better-than-others-try-to-be-better-than/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/william-faulkner-306_best-criminal-minds_don-t-bother-just-to-be-better-than-othe_3044693.png) > [Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/writing-a-first-draft-is-like-trying-to-build-a-house-in-a-strong-wind/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/william-faulkner-306_draft_writing-a-first-draft-is-like-trying-to_415262.png) > [Don't do what you can do - try what you can't do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/don-t-do-what-you-can-do-try-what-you-can-t-do/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/william-faulkner-306_can-do_don-t-do-what-you-can-do-try-what-you-ca_288973.png) > [The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-next-time-you-try-to-seduce-anyone-don-t-do-it-with-talk-with/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/william-faulkner-306_littles_the-next-time-you-try-to-seduce-anyone-d_2390996.jpg) > [You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/you-can-t-beat-women-anyhow-and-that-if-you-are-wise-or-dislike/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/william-faulkner-306_beats_you-can-t-beat-women-anyhow-and-that-if_2286987.png) > [I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since words are my talent, I must try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-would-say-that-music-is-the-easiest-means-in-which-to-express-but/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/william-faulkner-306_done_i-would-say-that-music-is-the-easiest-me_960693.png) > [A writer is trying to create believable people in credible moving situations in the most moving way he can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/a-writer-is-trying-to-create-believable-people-in-credible-moving/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/william-faulkner-306_believable_a-writer-is-trying-to-create-believable_2951261.png) > [a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/a-fellow-is-more-afraid-of-the-trouble-he-might-have-than-he-ever-is-2/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/william-faulkner-306_afraid_a-fellow-is-more-afraid-of-the-trouble-h_2925522.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) > [It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-begins-with-a-character-usually-and-once-he-stands-up-on-his-feet/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/william-faulkner-306_behinds_it-begins-with-a-character-usually-and-o_856636.jpg) > [All of us have failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/all-of-us-have-failed-to-match-our-dream-of-perfection-i-rate-us-on/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/william-faulkner-306_art_all-of-us-have-failed-to-match-our-dream_1144023.jpg) > [I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-m-a-failed-poet-maybe-every-novelist-wants-to-write-poetry-first/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/william-faulkner-306_doe_i-m-a-failed-poet-maybe-every-novelist-w_1486866.png) > [...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-give-you-the-mausoleum-of-all-hope-and-desire-i-give-it-to-you-not/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/william-faulkner-306_battle_i-give-you-the-mausoleum-of-all-hope-and_1409189.png) > [You get born and you try this and you don't know why, only you keep on trying it and you are born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/you-get-born-and-you-try-this-and-you-don-t-know-why-only-you-keep-on/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/william-faulkner-306_arms_you-get-born-and-you-try-this-and-you-do_2565130.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) > [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) > [He thought that it was loneliness which he was trying to escape and not himself. But the street ran on: catlike, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/he-thought-that-it-was-loneliness-which-he-was-trying-to-escape-and/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/william-faulkner-306_courage_he-thought-that-it-was-loneliness-which_3154787.jpg) > [That was when I learned that words are no good; that words dont ever fit even what they are trying to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/that-was-when-i-learned-that-words-are-no-good-that-words-dont-ever/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/william-faulkner-306_born_that-was-when-i-learned-that-words-are-n_2993394.png) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/william-faulkner/#itemlist", "name": "19 Trying Quotes By William Faulkner", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Faulkner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-am-trying-to-say-it-all-in-one-sentence-between-one-cap-and-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/william-faulkner-306_caps_i-am-trying-to-say-it-all-in-one-sentenc_2656967.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/william-faulkner-306_caps_i-am-trying-to-say-it-all-in-one-sentenc_2656967.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/william-faulkner-306_caps_i-am-trying-to-say-it-all-in-one-sentenc_2656967.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period.” — William Faulkner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't bother just to be better than others. 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