Before Quote by John Updike

Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.

— Louise Erdrich

“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

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

— Richard Wright

“If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison”

— Sean Liburd

Stories are there to be told, and each story changes with the telling. Time changes them. Logic changes them. Grammar changes them. History changes…

— Colum McCann

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

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“I’d been reading modern French novels, and William Faulkner as well. I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession, with undertones of nausea.”

— Margaret Atwood

The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed to convince…

— Lynn Coady

“What's remarkable about fiction is that it places you in the unusual position of having no trajectory. You stand aside, motives abandoned for the…

— Tom Rachman

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

“There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is…

— Morley Callaghan