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William Saroyan Quotes

We didn’t say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in Picture Quote #1

In the most commonplace, tiresome, ridiculous, malicious, coarse, crude, or even crooked people or events I had to seek out rare things, good things, comic things, and I did so Picture Quote #1

What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace Picture Quote #1

The simple fact was that if the song wasn’t about me, I couldn’t see how it could possibly be about anybody else, including the one I knew it was supposed to be about, and good luck to him, too Picture Quote #1

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all Picture Quote #1

I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saintly or sinful, who can resist the bicycle Picture Quote #1

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All writers are discontent. That’s because they’re aware of a potential and believe they’re not reaching it Picture Quote #1

Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I’m not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little Picture Quote #1

We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about Picture Quote #1

What a people talk about means something. What they don’t talk about means something Picture Quote #1

The best thing we have is sleep, of course, and what is sleep except the putting aside of everything tentative for another interval of final and everlasting truth? Sleep isn’t dying, but it is certainly keeping in tough with it Picture Quote #1

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal, unattractive, and unecessary idea ever imposed upon the human race Picture Quote #1

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What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years? Picture Quote #1

Chance acquaintances are sometimes the most memorable, for brief friendships have such definite starting and stopping points that they take on a quality of art, of a whole thing, which cannot be broken or spoiled Picture Quote #1

Every artist is in everything he creates, and indeed if the truth is told, every person is in his life, in his work, whatever his work may be, and this is visible in his face, figure, stance, movement, and totality Picture Quote #1

The people you like when you meet them and while you know them, and the people you remember fondly, are invariably people who have a sense of comedy, not just a sense of humor Picture Quote #1

Human memory works its own wheel, and stops where it will, entirely without reference to the last stop, and with no connection with the next Picture Quote #1

You live and die according to what goes on in yourself, which no one else can even begin to know, not even father, mother, wife, son, or daughter Picture Quote #1

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Even after you’ve won fame and fortune, every time you write you’ve got to write, there’s no shortcut, you have to start your career all over again Picture Quote #1

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough Picture Quote #1

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself Picture Quote #1

Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one’s hunches about somebody one has met Picture Quote #1

Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case Picture Quote #1

She cried a little, but only inside, because long ago she had decided she didn’t like crying because if you ever started to cry it seemed as if there was so much to cry about you almost couldn’t stop, and she didn’t like that at all Picture Quote #1

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Cowards are nice, they’re interesting, they’re gentle, they wouldn’t think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They’re very brave Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality Picture Quote #1

Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers Picture Quote #1

You may tend to get cancer from the thing that makes you want to smoke so much, not from the smoking itself Picture Quote #1

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else Picture Quote #1

Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they begin, you yourself begin all over again, in them, with them, and so there is something more to the world again Picture Quote #1

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We didn’t say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in (William Saroyan Quotes) In the most commonplace, tiresome, ridiculous, malicious, coarse, crude, or even crooked people or events I had to seek out rare things, good things, comic things, and I did so (William Saroyan Quotes) What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace (William Saroyan Quotes) The simple fact was that if the song wasn’t about me, I couldn’t see how it could possibly be about anybody else, including the one I knew it was supposed to be about, and good luck to him, too (William Saroyan Quotes) There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all (William Saroyan Quotes) I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saintly or sinful, who can resist the bicycle (William Saroyan Quotes) All writers are discontent. That’s because they’re aware of a potential and believe they’re not reaching it (William Saroyan Quotes) Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I’m not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little (William Saroyan Quotes) We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about (William Saroyan Quotes) What a people talk about means something. What they don’t talk about means something (William Saroyan Quotes) The best thing we have is sleep, of course, and what is sleep except the putting aside of everything tentative for another interval of final and everlasting truth? Sleep isn’t dying, but it is certainly keeping in tough with it (William Saroyan Quotes) I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal, unattractive, and unecessary idea ever imposed upon the human race (William Saroyan Quotes) What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years? (William Saroyan Quotes) Chance acquaintances are sometimes the most memorable, for brief friendships have such definite starting and stopping points that they take on a quality of art, of a whole thing, which cannot be broken or spoiled (William Saroyan Quotes) Every artist is in everything he creates, and indeed if the truth is told, every person is in his life, in his work, whatever his work may be, and this is visible in his face, figure, stance, movement, and totality (William Saroyan Quotes) The people you like when you meet them and while you know them, and the people you remember fondly, are invariably people who have a sense of comedy, not just a sense of humor (William Saroyan Quotes) Human memory works its own wheel, and stops where it will, entirely without reference to the last stop, and with no connection with the next (William Saroyan Quotes) You live and die according to what goes on in yourself, which no one else can even begin to know, not even father, mother, wife, son, or daughter (William Saroyan Quotes) Even after you’ve won fame and fortune, every time you write you’ve got to write, there’s no shortcut, you have to start your career all over again (William Saroyan Quotes) Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough (William Saroyan Quotes) The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself (William Saroyan Quotes) Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one’s hunches about somebody one has met (William Saroyan Quotes) Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case (William Saroyan Quotes) She cried a little, but only inside, because long ago she had decided she didn’t like crying because if you ever started to cry it seemed as if there was so much to cry about you almost couldn’t stop, and she didn’t like that at all (William Saroyan Quotes) Cowards are nice, they’re interesting, they’re gentle, they wouldn’t think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They’re very brave (William Saroyan Quotes) Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality (William Saroyan Quotes) Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers (William Saroyan Quotes) You may tend to get cancer from the thing that makes you want to smoke so much, not from the smoking itself (William Saroyan Quotes) Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else (William Saroyan Quotes) Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they begin, you yourself begin all over again, in them, with them, and so there is something more to the world again (William Saroyan Quotes)

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