“How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home. —William Faulkner” — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
“Literature is a struggle over the nature of reality. --Richard Wright to William Faulkner” — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“Patricia: Do you know William Faulkner? Michel: No. Who's he? Have you slept with him?” — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
John Steinbeck is one of the most under-discussed and under-written-about of all American writers. He is way up there and should stand… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Id love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick! — Candy Crowley Copy Share Image
Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now. — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
“I’d been reading modern French novels, and William Faulkner as well. I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession, with undertones… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Everybody talked about Freud when I lived in New Orleans, but I have never read him. Neither did Shakespeare. I doubt if… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Americanah; Ayad Akhtar, American Dervish; Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents; Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street; Junot… — Cristina Henriquez Copy Share Image
“I believe that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“William Faulkner is supposed to have said, "Civilization begins with distillation," but I'd push even further -- beyond just distilled spirits to… — Adam Rogers Copy Share Image
“«Porque o passado não está morto. O passado nem sequer passou» - William Faulkner. Referia-me a que cada pequena coisa que acontece… — Lars Kepler Copy Share Image
I wanted to make comics that get at feelings that connect to the deepest moments of our lives, reading Tolstoy, Flaubert, Flannery… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase… — Earl Hamner, Jr Copy Share Image
“When I was sixteen I read ten books a week: E.E. Cummings, William Faulkner, Henry James, Hart Crane, John Steinbeck. I thought… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
A favorite science fiction writer of mine is William Faulkner! It was an idea that came to me once, years ago, and… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
Usually when I drank too much, I could guess why I did so, the objective being to murder a state of consciousness… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Do you think that Hemingway knew he was a writer at twenty years old? No, he did not. Or Fitzgerald, or Wolfe.… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“I think that [William] Faulkner and I each had to escape certain particulars of our lives, and we found salvation through words.… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“He is the greatest artist the South has produced.… Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“As with any great literature, there are probably as many ways to read William Faulkner’s writing as there are readers. There are… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at nine o’clock every morning.” ~ William Faulkner” — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick! — Candy Crowley Copy Share Image
Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm really influenced by Southern novelists, not many movie people. More like John Faulkner, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O'Connor, John Steinbeck,… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, and - do we dare breathe the… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
“Memphis can be thought of connected as much to Mississippi and Arkansas as it is to Tennessee, if not more so. William… — Tav Falco Copy Share Image
One of the scandalous things I did was as I read them afterward I would burn them. I loved them, but for… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
The South is full of memories and ghosts of the past. For me, it is the most inspiring place to write, from… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
William Faulkner was the master of what one must do to be serious. But I don't understand why people haven't moved forward… — Douglas A. Martin Copy Share Image
I stopped reading William Faulkner because it's hard work. I want to read a good writer, but I also want to read… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Today's culture is unfortunately inseparable from economic and military power. A ruling nation can impose its culture and give a worldwide fame… — Luis Buñuel Copy Share Image
“I’d be happy to give special treatment to a dedicated school teacher, or even someone like William Faulkner if he was still… — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
![“I believe that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of [man’s] puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. William Faulkner” quote by Mary Karr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2e9/mary-karr-3335_william-faulkner_i-believe-that-when-the-last-ding-dong-o_1832282.jpg)
![“I think that [William] Faulkner and I each had to escape certain particulars of our lives, and we found salvation through words. I understand the Bible story of Babel so much better now. I think that moments of extremity, desires of escape, lead us to foreign languages--not those learned in…” quote by Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0ae/tennessee-williams-745_better-now_i-think-that-william-faulkner-and-i-each_1247777.jpg)
![“He is the greatest artist the South has produced.… Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which was repressed after the nineteenth century [yet] for all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must…” quote by William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2cf/william-faulkner-306_art_he-is-the-greatest-artist-the-south-has_2640538.jpg)
![“One of the scandalous things I did was as I read them afterward I would burn them. I loved them, but for practical reasons I had to lighten the load. I burned favorites, like William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." There's a whole list in the back of my book. It's me,[Adolf] Hitler, [Benito]…” quote by Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c5f/cheryl-strayed-605_book_one-of-the-scandalous-things-i-did-was-a_2945423.jpg)
