William Faulkner

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

"I decline to accept the end of man."

"Between grief and nothing I will take grief."

"You don't love because: you love despite."

"Courage and honor are not always rewarded."

"The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself."

"Man will not merely endure: he will prevail."

"Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way to do anything good."

"There is no such thing as was—only is."

"Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first."

"The writer's only responsibility is to his art."

"Never be ashamed to stand with the unpopular cause."

"I'm a writer first, and everything else is second."

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

"Civilization begins with distillation."

"The writer's voice is the deepest part of his identity."

"An artist is a creature driven by demons."

"If a story is in you, it has got to come out."

"Don't borrow trouble. Each day has troubles of its own."

"The human heart is a lonely hunter."

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

"We are all just trying to endure the human condition."

"Love is the most destructive thing in the world."

"The only thing that matters is that you keep on living."

"I have written what I had to write."

"The past does not change or repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

"A writer doesn't solve problems, he exposes them."

"You fail only if you stop writing."

"The task of the writer is to put yourself in the skin of someone else."

"Fear is natural; courage is learned."