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Truth—that long clean clear simple undeviable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by the word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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By artist I mean of course everyone who has tried to create something which was not here before him, with no other tools and material than the uncommer- ciable ones of the human spirit.
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People need trouble—a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
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An artist is a creature driven by demons— he usually doesn’t know why they chose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why.
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure, but it makes other pleasures possible.
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So, I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

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William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi. Considered one of the greatest writers in 20th-century American literature, Faulkner is celebrated for his profound and often dark depictions of the American South. His work is dominated by the creation of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, where the stories of various families, their tragedies, and racial and social conflicts unfold. Faulkner is known for his innovative and experimental literary style, which includes the use of stream of consciousness, non-linear narratives, and multiple narrative voices, challenging readers to piece together events. Among his most acclaimed novels are "The Sound and the Fury" (1929), "Light in August" (1932), and "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936). He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949, in recognition of his "singular and unprecedented contribution to modern American fiction." Faulkner also won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "A Fable" (1955). His exploration of human nature, the legacy of slavery, and the decay of the South has left an indelible mark on world literature. He passed away on July 6, 1962, in Byhalia, Mississippi.