William Faulkner

Naissance 25 September 1897 · Décès 6 July 1962

William Faulkner était un écrivain américain lauréat du prix Nobel. L'un des auteurs les plus influents du XXe siècle, sa réputation repose sur ses romans, ses nouvelles et ses récits.

Citations

“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.”
As I Lay DyingEn anglais
“A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune.”
The Sound and the FuryEn anglais
“Life was created in the valleys. It blew up onto the hills on the old terrors, the old lusts, the old despairs. That's why you must walk up the hills so you can ride down.”
As I Lay DyingEn anglais
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
Requiem for a Nun, Act 1En anglais
“If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.”
Paris Review interviewEn anglais