William Faulkner Quotes About Alcohol

Quotes about: Alcohol

• There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool with booze until he's fifty; then he's a damn fool if he doesn't.

  William Faulkner

  Funny, Humorous, Drinking

  In James M. Webb and A. Wigfall Green William Faulkner of Oxford (1965) p. 110

• Civilization begins with distillation

  William Faulkner

  Hipster, Civilization, Alcohol

• It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.

  William Faulkner

  Funny, Work, Men

• My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.

  William Faulkner

  Drinking, Writing, Scotch Whisky

  "William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

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