“ Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep. ”
- Clifton Fadiman- Copy
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“ Gonzo journalism is a style of "reporting" based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism — and the best journalists have always known this. True gonzo reporting needs the talents of a master journalist, the eye of an artist/photographer and the heavy balls of an actor… ”
- Hunter S. Thompson- Copy
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“ Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
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“ I'm so obsessed with this theme that I actually keep a "failure file." What stands out for me in the biographies of Faulkner and Fitzgerald are the months and years they wasted out in Hollywood, getting sodden over their squandered gifts. Cyril Connolly, one of the most distinguished critics of his day, made his name with a book, Enemies of Promise, that elegiacally bemoaned his lack of distinction… ”
- James Atlas- Copy
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