Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window. - William Faulkner Quotes

Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll bsorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.

Source:Lion in the garden; interviews with William Faulkner (1926-1962)
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