William Faulkner: 10 quotes for his birthday

To celebrate his birthday, here are 10 profound, unique, and inspiring quotes from William Faulkner, one of the greatest American writers of all time.

10. Award dinners

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American novelist William Faulkner works at his Underwood typewriter in his study at his Rowan Oaks home near Oxford, Miss., in this November 1950, file photo.

"Why, that’s a hundred miles away. That’s a long way to go just to eat." 

– on declining an invitation to a White House dinner honoring Nobel laureates, as quoted in Life magazine (January 20, 1962)

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