Writer Quotes by William Faulkner
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William Faulkner urges you to read everything—trash, classics, good and bad—to see how writers work. He describes writing as one‑third imagination, one‑third experience, and one‑third observation. He compares a first draft to building a house in a strong wind and often feels unstable.
![“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/i/2cf/william-faulkner-306_art_he-is-the-greatest-artist-the-south-has_2640538.jpg)
