Faulkner on Words
Saturday, February 7, 2009
"I had learned a little about writing from Soldier's Pay - how to approach language, words: not with seriousness so much as an essayist does, but with a kind of alert respect, as you approach dynamite; even with joy, as you approach women: perhaps with the same secretly unscrupulous intentions."
And if you know anything about Faulkner and women, you understand why no words were safe around him.
And if you know anything about Faulkner and women, you understand why no words were safe around him.
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