William Saroyan
William Saroyan
William Saroyanwas an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 August 1908
CityFresno, CA
men play may
Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.
love moving simple
Love doesn't have to be perfect. Even perfect, it is still the best thing there is, for the simple reason that it is the most common and constant truth of all, of all life, all law and order, the very thing which holds everything together, which permits everything to move along in time and be its wonderful or ordinary self.
health doctors matter
Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in the spirit.
world humans human-beings
The whole world and every human being in it is everybody's business.
baby men civilization
Babies who have not yet been taught to speak any language are the only race of the earth, the race of man: all the rest is pretence, what we call civilization, hatred, fear, desire for strength.
good-times time-of-your-life ugliness
In the time of your life, live-so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches.
enemy annoying stills
No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.
men competition world
Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.
men thinking matter
I sometimes think that rich men belong to another nationality entirely, no matter what their actual nationality happens to be. The nationality of the rich.
soon-enough trying alive
Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.
happiness gratitude cheer
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
care i-care
I care so much about everything that I care about nothing
writing thinking sentimental
I don't think my writing is sentimental, although it is a very sentimental thing to be a human being.
fun one-day afternoon
One day in the afternoon of the world, glum death will come and sit in you, and when you get up to walk, you will be as glum as death, but if you're lucky, this will only make the fun better and the love greater.