William Styron Quotes

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.
William Styron

Best, Loneliness, Keep

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain.
William Styron

Experience, Pain, Depression

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
William Styron

Great, Live, Book

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.
William Styron

Again, Stars, Once

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
William Styron

Pain, Feeling, Writing

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.
William Styron

Friends, Critics

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
William Styron

Find, Shall, Pleasant

Let's face it, writing is hell.
William Styron

Writing, Hell, Face

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.
William Styron

Death, Live, Die

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.
William Styron

Age, Good, Someone

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.
William Styron

Writing, Keep, Writer

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people.
William Styron

Writing, Scared, Fine

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Nationality: American

Born: June 11, 1925

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