Gang Quote by Peter Carey

“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

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

“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

'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

“Mrs. Faulkner had sidled up to me and said Good day, Mrs. Elliot? I just looked at her, and I saw in her eyes…

— Nancy E. Turner

“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

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.

— Clifton Fadiman

I actually did work and produced two short dissertations, one on Faulkner and one on the film criticism of the stream-of-consciousness novelist Dorothy Richardson.

— Claire Messud

I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it.…

— Barry Hannah

As the style of Faulkner grew out of his rage--out of the impotence of his rage--the style of Hemingway grew out of the depth…

— Wright Morris

“I’d be happy to give special treatment to a dedicated school teacher, or even someone like William Faulkner if he was still alive, because…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

I had lost faith in biography.

— A. N. Wilson