William Faulkner Quotes
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. The past is never dead. It's not even past. The salvation of the world is in man's suffering. The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies. The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey. There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need. This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them. To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow. To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi. Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets. Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest. We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid. Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find. You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.
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