William Faulkner

William Faulkner’s quote on writing — kill your darlings. — “In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” — William Faulkner Everyone who likes writing has heard of this quote. It simply means when writing, we must eliminate the words, expressions, paragraphs, or even plots that are dear to us but contribute nothing to our work. But, of course, it’s…

May 11, 1932 William Faulkner made his first trip to Hollywood to write for Metro-Goldwy-Mayer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner https://gardenandgun.com/feature/william-faulkners-hollywood-odyssey/ He set many of his short stories and novels in Yoknapatawpha County — which was based on and nearly geographically identical to Lafayette County (of which his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, is the…

“When you’re riding a tiger, the hard part is getting off.” Chinese expression There’s a saying in Chinese, ‘Qi hu nan xia.’ I apologise for not having inflections correct in this transliteration. My keyboard does not include punctuation for pinyin. The expression means: ‘ride tiger, difficult to dismount.’ Russia might…

“ A little later in the taxi heading for the restaurant Elaine Steinbeck tried to talk to Faulkner about food, especially Southern cooking…” When Steinbeck met the novelist William Faulkner in January 1955 it was, as Steinbeck’s biographer Jackson J. …

I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing. So, fellow poets, feel good about yourselves! Two-time Pulitzer…

William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. He went on to become the greatest writer of his time, writing numerous works. Five of his works include A Rose for Emily, Hair, Barn Burning, Two Soldiers, and Shall Not Perish. Faulkner’s writing discussed issues in society…