"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners."
— Albert Camus

"A person's life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened."
— Albert Camus

"It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart."
— William Faulkner

"The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews. "
— William Faulkner

"Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing."
— William Faulkner