Book Quote by Lou Doillon

'As I Lay Dying,' I reread that often. That's the first work of Faulkner's that I read that so amazed me and that I…

— Jesmyn Ward

I stopped reading William Faulkner because it's hard work. I want to read a good writer, but I also want to read something where…

— John Grisham

You have to surrender to your mediocrity, and just write. Because it's hard, really hard, to write even a crappy book. But it's better…

— Cheryl Strayed

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

“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

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.

— Manuel Puig

Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.

— Louise Erdrich

“Gertrude Stein, when asked why she wrote, replied "For praise." Lorca said he wrote to be loved. Faulkner said a writer wrote for glory.…

— James Salter

“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

“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

“Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?" "Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men.”

— John Grisham

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