Faulkner Quote by Dan Brown Download Open image “I'm not trying to emulate William Faulkner. I never said I was.” — Dan Brown ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Faulkner Never Said Trying William William Faulkner
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 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, and people… — Billy Bob Thornton 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. I am… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was writing novels in high school and apprenticed myself in a way both to Faulkner and to Hemingway. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Of course, I'm of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep. — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your life in… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I have more to say than Hemingway, and God knows, I say it better than Faulkner. — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
The more science I studied, the more I saw that physics becomes metaphysics and numbers become imaginary numbers. The farther you go into science,… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Leonardo believed his research had the potential to convert millions to a more spiritual life. Last year he categorically proved the existence of an… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Robert,” Ambra whispered, “just remember the wise words of Disney’s Princess Elsa.” Langdon turned. “I’m sorry?” Ambra smiled softly. “Let it go.” — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous? — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Dante's poem, Langdon was now reminded, was not so much about the misery of hell as it was about the power of the human… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?" "Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I don't want to turn 50 and say, 'Gosh, I wish I'd lived in that part of the world for a time. I wish… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
“I am not religious, I reckon. But peace is in my heart: I know it is.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Victory without God is mockery and delusion, but...defeat with God is not defeat.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Faulkner had an egg carton filled with periods and throughout his writing career, used nearly all of them.” — Kelli Jae Baeli Copy Share Image
“Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry.” — William Faulkner 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
Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader has a… — John Updike Copy Share Image
