The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to — William Faulkner
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The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the Ode on a Grecian Urn is worth any number of old ladies.

— William Faulkner
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