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William Styron Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 11, 1925

Topics

Live Death Influence Die Born Said

I have my once-a-month nachos, but it's soy cheese and turkey chili on it, so it's somewhat safe. But it's still a big vice for me, because I have a big bowl of it.

Jenny McCarthy

Me Cheese Safe Vice Chili Big

It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.

John Mayer

Impossible You Realize Everyone Like

I am open to any good script and the character I can do justice to.

Amy Jackson

Good Character Justice I Am I Can

Films are a very personal experience - just like a martini - so I try to think about what I like, what projects I like to be in, and make sure I feel proud about it because, at the end, I'm the only one that's going to look back and feel proud or not about what I was doing.

Stephanie Sigman

Experience Proud Think End Doing

Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.

Simon Van Booy

Grief Doors Christmas Way Room

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.

Sidney Poitier

Live Job People Country Go Eat

What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense?

Russ Feingold

Community Job Doing The Right Thing

For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic.

Mary Kay Andrews

Morning Magic Christmas Elusive

In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.

Mike Wallace

Style Candid Night Jump Sometimes

I wish everything was gender neutral. I wish we weren't separated by boundaries like pink and blue and little things like that. I wish we could choose how we express ourselves without hate.

Jazz Jennings

Hate Blue Little Things Pink Wish

I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.

Chevy Chase

Single Film Every Watched Chaplin

I can't tell you how hard I worked the last year. In fact, I worked so hard that I know I can't maintain that same work level in 2001, so I've got to quit something.

Christopher Darden

Work Year You Know Quit Hard