“I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.”

“I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.”

“Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know.”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!”

“You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself -- you lose appetite ans sleep -- it cannot be helped --”

“If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.”

“Your calling is your life assignment”

“If God gives you an assignment, He will also supply the strength to carry itOut”

“Your assignment must at least better the lives of people around you and the world at large.”