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William Saroyan Quotes

Art and politics must move closer together. Reflection and action must be equally valid in good men if history is not to take one course and art an other Picture Quote #1

Wars, for us, are either inevitable, or created. Whatever they are, they should not wholly vitiate art. What art needs is greater men, and what politics needs is better men Picture Quote #1

Art and religion would not be able to stop the war any more than they would be able to stop tomorrow Picture Quote #1

Their singing wasn’t particularly good, but the feeling with which they sang was not bad at all Picture Quote #1

There’s a pretty woman for ever lucky man in the world: every man in the world is a lucky man if he only knew it, so why waste time? Picture Quote #1

Neither love nor hate, nor any order of intense adherence to personal involvement in human experience, may be so apt to serve the soul as this freedom and this necessity to be kind Picture Quote #1

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Illness is essentially discomfort, and it is not easy for anybody to be comfortable all the time... In his body, in his work, in his house, or in his soul Picture Quote #1

I had in my soul the greatest truths to tell, but when I came to the work of telling them I couldn’t do it Picture Quote #1

A man cannot write a poem or a story that will transform the whole nature of man, his reality and his truth, making them greater and nobler Picture Quote #1

The streets made me, and the streets stink, but I love them, for I was born in them out of flesh and I was born in them out of spirit Picture Quote #1

I loved the theaters, and even though I was hungry, I never spent money for food Picture Quote #1

My writing is careless, but all through it is something that is good, that is mine alone, that no other writer could ever achieve Picture Quote #1

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Boredom was the plague of my childhood. While I was at the orphanage, the boredom came from being in a place I did not wish to be. I was bored. I was bored the entire four years I was there Picture Quote #1

Many friendships are swift and accidental, the result of a chance meeting, followed by a permanent separation Picture Quote #1

A writer wants what he has to say to be heard again and again. He wants it to be heard after he is dead Picture Quote #1

The idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn’t know any better Picture Quote #1

I did my best, and let me urge you to do your best, too. Isn’t it the least we can do for one another? Picture Quote #1

If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and then he is no longer a thief Picture Quote #1

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The fraud delights my soul, and if he is big and clever and conceals his fraudulence for years, I am all the more impressed and entertained by his achievement Picture Quote #1

No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend, and there are many more of these than one would suspect Picture Quote #1

He neither walks with the multitude nor cheers with them. The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops Picture Quote #1

Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world Picture Quote #1

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Art and politics must move closer together. Reflection and action must be equally valid in good men if history is not to take one course and art an other (William Saroyan Quotes) Wars, for us, are either inevitable, or created. Whatever they are, they should not wholly vitiate art. What art needs is greater men, and what politics needs is better men (William Saroyan Quotes) Art and religion would not be able to stop the war any more than they would be able to stop tomorrow (William Saroyan Quotes) Their singing wasn’t particularly good, but the feeling with which they sang was not bad at all (William Saroyan Quotes) There’s a pretty woman for ever lucky man in the world: every man in the world is a lucky man if he only knew it, so why waste time? (William Saroyan Quotes) Neither love nor hate, nor any order of intense adherence to personal involvement in human experience, may be so apt to serve the soul as this freedom and this necessity to be kind (William Saroyan Quotes) Illness is essentially discomfort, and it is not easy for anybody to be comfortable all the time... In his body, in his work, in his house, or in his soul (William Saroyan Quotes) I had in my soul the greatest truths to tell, but when I came to the work of telling them I couldn’t do it (William Saroyan Quotes) A man cannot write a poem or a story that will transform the whole nature of man, his reality and his truth, making them greater and nobler (William Saroyan Quotes) The streets made me, and the streets stink, but I love them, for I was born in them out of flesh and I was born in them out of spirit (William Saroyan Quotes) I loved the theaters, and even though I was hungry, I never spent money for food (William Saroyan Quotes) My writing is careless, but all through it is something that is good, that is mine alone, that no other writer could ever achieve (William Saroyan Quotes) Boredom was the plague of my childhood. While I was at the orphanage, the boredom came from being in a place I did not wish to be. I was bored. I was bored the entire four years I was there (William Saroyan Quotes) Many friendships are swift and accidental, the result of a chance meeting, followed by a permanent separation (William Saroyan Quotes) A writer wants what he has to say to be heard again and again. He wants it to be heard after he is dead (William Saroyan Quotes) The idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn’t know any better (William Saroyan Quotes) I did my best, and let me urge you to do your best, too. Isn’t it the least we can do for one another? (William Saroyan Quotes) If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and then he is no longer a thief (William Saroyan Quotes) The fraud delights my soul, and if he is big and clever and conceals his fraudulence for years, I am all the more impressed and entertained by his achievement (William Saroyan Quotes) No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend, and there are many more of these than one would suspect (William Saroyan Quotes) He neither walks with the multitude nor cheers with them. The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops (William Saroyan Quotes) Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world (William Saroyan Quotes)

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