William Faulkner Nobel Prize speech

Faulkner would write standing up because he was so drunk while he wrote, that he would fall asleep if he sat.

that is awesome

Love me some William Faulkner.

I don't hate the South, I don't hate it, I don't.

"My mother is a fish."

Just because he was drinking here (if he indeed was) does -not- mean he wrote it intoxicated. I think that is an important point.

Faulkner by his own confession was usually drunk while writing.

"Faulkner accomplished what he did despite a lifelong drinking problem. As he stated on several occasions, and as was witnessed by members of his family, the press, and friends at various periods over the course of his career, he did not drink while writing, nor did he believe that alcohol helped to fuel the creative process. It is now widely believed that Faulkner used alcohol as an "escape valve" from the day-to-day pressures of his regular life"

@roxysmashsir243 If that's true it worked very well for him.

Lo siento mucho, pero no. William Faulkner, como genio, como uno de los mejores escritores Americanos -el mejor, quizá- no ha sido superado por nadie ni en discurso ni en obra. No trato de restarle importancia a Gabo, pues como seguidor del maestro Faulkner es, a su manera, uno de los más grandes de la narrativa latinoamericana. Digamos, para no meternos en complicaciones, que ambos son grandes, sin más.