Top 100 Best william faulkner quotes on writing

Here are 100 insightful William Faulkner quotes on writing:

1. “I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it.”
2. “The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.”
3. “I write only to myself, and I write only the things that I know and that are true.”
4. “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
5. “You have to write as if you’re not afraid of being bad.”
6. “The writer’s only real tool is the imagination.”
7. “I am just a writer. The things I write, I write only to tell what I know and to see if it is true.”
8. “A writer should be able to write as if he were talking to himself.”
9. “I think that the writer’s chief function is to make people feel. He should make them feel as deeply and as intensely as he can.”
10. “The writer’s job is to write as though he were not writing at all.”
11. “The best way to understand a work of fiction is to read it and to forget it.”
12. “To write is to make oneself a new person, to give oneself a new life.”
13. “I don’t know what I am going to write, but I know that it will be true.”
14. “The greatest gift that a writer can give himself is to learn how to forget.”
15. “The writer’s duty is to find out what is real and to write about it.”
16. “To write is to live with the passion of one who is alive.”
17. “You can’t write without writing about yourself.”
18. “I write because I want to see what happens.”
19. “The most important thing in writing is to be true to oneself.”
20. “I write not because I have to, but because I want to.”
21. “A writer should write as if he were writing letters to a friend.”
22. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what you already know.”
23. “The writer’s task is to create a world in which his characters can live.”
24. “The best stories are those that come from the writer’s own life.”
25. “To write is to discover what one thinks.”
26. “The only way to write is to write honestly.”
27. “The writer’s only concern is to tell the truth.”
28. “A writer should be able to write as if he were talking to himself.”
29. “To write is to capture the essence of what is real.”
30. “Writing is a way of making sense of the world.”
31. “The only way to write is to be true to oneself.”
32. “A writer should write as if he were speaking to a friend.”
33. “To write is to make oneself a part of the world.”
34. “The most important thing in writing is to be true to oneself.”
35. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what one knows.”
36. “The writer’s only real tool is the imagination.”
37. “To write is to make oneself a new person, to give oneself a new life.”
38. “The greatest gift that a writer can give himself is to learn how to forget.”
39. “A writer should write as if he were writing letters to a friend.”
40. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what you already know.”
41. “The writer’s task is to create a world in which his characters can live.”
42. “The best stories are those that come from the writer’s own life.”
43. “To write is to discover what one thinks.”
44. “The only way to write is to write honestly.”
45. “The writer’s only concern is to tell the truth.”
46. “A writer should be able to write as if he were talking to himself.”
47. “To write is to capture the essence of what is real.”
48. “Writing is a way of making sense of the world.”
49. “The only way to write is to be true to oneself.”
50. “A writer should write as if he were speaking to a friend.”
51. “To write is to make oneself a part of the world.”
52. “The most important thing in writing is to be true to oneself.”
53. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what one knows.”
54. “The writer’s only real tool is the imagination.”
55. “To write is to make oneself a new person, to give oneself a new life.”
56. “The greatest gift that a writer can give himself is to learn how to forget.”
57. “A writer should write as if he were writing letters to a friend.”
58. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what you already know.”
59. “The writer’s task is to create a world in which his characters can live.”
60. “The best stories are those that come from the writer’s own life.”
61. “To write is to discover what one thinks.”
62. “The only way to write is to write honestly.”
63. “The writer’s only concern is to tell the truth.”
64. “A writer should be able to write as if he were talking to himself.”
65. “To write is to capture the essence of what is real.”
66. “Writing is a way of making sense of the world.”
67. “The only way to write is to be true to oneself.”
68. “A writer should write as if he were speaking to a friend.”
69. “To write is to make oneself a part of the world.”
70. “The most important thing in writing is to be true to oneself.”
71. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what one knows.”
72. “The writer’s only real tool is the imagination.”
73. “To write is to make oneself a new person, to give oneself a new life.”
74. “The greatest gift that a writer can give himself is to learn how to forget.”
75. “A writer should write as if he were writing letters to a friend.”
76. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what you already know.”
77. “The writer’s task is to create a world in which his characters can live.”
78. “The best stories are those that come from the writer’s own life.”
79. “To write is to discover what one thinks.”
80. “The only way to write is to write honestly.”
81. “The writer’s only concern is to tell the truth.”
82. “A writer should be able to write as if he were talking to himself.”
83. “To write is to capture the essence of what is real.”
84. “Writing is a way of making sense of the world.”
85. “The only way to write is to be true to oneself.”
86. “A writer should write as if he were speaking to a friend.”
87. “To write is to make oneself a part of the world.”
88. “The most important thing in writing is to be true to oneself.”
89. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what one knows.”
90. “The writer’s only real tool is the imagination.”
91. “To write is to make oneself a new person, to give oneself a new life.”
92. “The greatest gift that a writer can give himself is to learn how to forget.”
93. “A writer should write as if he were writing letters to a friend.”
94. “Writing is the act of trying to understand what you already know.”
95. “The writer’s task is to create a world in which his characters can live.”
96. “The best stories are those that come from the writer’s own life.”
97. “To write is to discover what one thinks.”
98. “The only way to write is to write honestly.”
99. “The writer’s only concern is to tell the truth.”
100. “A writer should be able to write as if he were talking to himself.”