Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from William Faulkner

William Faulkner US novelist (1897 - 1962)


William Faulkner -
- The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

William Faulkner -
- Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

William Faulkner -
- Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.

William Faulkner -
- The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.