William Styron Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by William Styron:

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#dbfa12c5

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#58fd806b

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#f7779d5b

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#96d9c9d4

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#7aaa31e6

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#e4813347

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#d0897013

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#0cfea9be

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#80ddf9a5

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#c06d100e

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#72a71d12

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-styron-quotes/#8ba01122

Find William Styron on Ebay!