I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil.
The writer's duty is to keep on writing. - William Styron
The writer's duty is to keep on writing.
- William Styron
When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer. - William Styron
When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer.
Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of ph… - William Styron
Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of ph…
Writers ever since writing began have had problems, and the main problem narrows down to just one word - life. - William Styron
Writers ever since writing began have had problems, and the main problem narrows down to just one word - life.
The mornings themselves were becoming bad now as I wandered about lethargic, following my synthetic sleep, but afternoons were still the worst, beg… - William Styron
The mornings themselves were becoming bad now as I wandered about lethargic, following my synthetic sleep, but afternoons were still the worst, beg…
In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth. - William Styron
In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth.
The pain of depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be b… - William Styron
The pain of depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be b…
The pain is unrelenting; one does not abandon, even briefly, one's bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes. - William Styron
The pain is unrelenting; one does not abandon, even briefly, one's bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes.
[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most intolerable … - William Styron
[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most intolerable …
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