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A writer is trying to create believable people in credible moving situations in the most moving way he can.
William Faulkner
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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
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William Cuthbert Faulkner
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Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while.
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In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior. In America, it's an excuse for a form of behavior.
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Well, Bud, he said, looking at me, I'll be damned if you don't go to a lot of trouble to have your fun. Kidnapping, then fighting. What do you do on your holidays? Burn houses?
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