Flesh Quote by Clifton Fadiman

Faulkner is a really important figure in southern literature. I wrestle with him and his legacy every time I sit down and write a…

— Jesmyn Ward

“If you're going to be a narcissistic schmuck, kid, don't bother studying Faulkner. Go straight to Brett Easton Ellis. He's the role model you…

— Arinn Dembo

“As with any great literature, there are probably as many ways to read William Faulkner’s writing as there are readers. There are hundreds of…

— William Faulkner

“He is the greatest artist the South has produced.… Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which…

— William Faulkner

Faulkner speaks to us on the questions of race, the challenges of modernity, and modern man's dilemma in all of its aspects. That he…

— David Milch

Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.

— Louise Erdrich

Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Literature is a struggle over the nature of reality. --Richard Wright to William Faulkner”

— Richard Wright

Faulkner's characters, too, were uneducated. They were deprived, but they were allowed to have very rich inner lives. I want to advocate for that,…

— Jesmyn Ward

In college, I started to get soaked in the materials. Subsequently, I worked with R.W.B. Lewis, Robert Penn Warren, and Cleanth Brooks on a…

— David Milch

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am…

— John Grisham

“And you’re not the standard insecure nymph hunting for Faulkner you’ll never finish, never start; Faulkner that will harden and calcify, if books could…

— Caroline Kepnes