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
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In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it.
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My work has always been the product of my time.
time believe forgive-me
I believe that time, with its infinite understanding, will one day forgive me.
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I see life as one life at one time, so many millions simultaneously, all over the earth.
time-of-your-life
Live, for this is the time of your life.
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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.
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What the hell are they all looking for? A decent way to give it all over to the giver of it all, with thanks for the bother.
art role
The role of art is to make a world which can be tolerated.
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The streets made me, and the streets stink, but I love them, for I was born in them out of flesh and I was born in them out of spirit.
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I used to be the fastest telegram messenger boy in all Fresno. My nickname was "Speed." Finally, I said, "Take back your nickname. This pace is killing me." Anyway, I still write fast -- it's my impatient Armenian nature. I'm keen to find out how my plots end, and if I write faster I'll find out sooner.
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Be the inferior of no man, nor of any be the superior. Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. No man's guilt is not yours, nor is any man's innocence a thing apart.
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Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.
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I was never interested in the obvious, or in the details one takes for granted, and everybody seemed to be addicted to the obvious, being astonished by it, and forever harping about the details which I had long ago weighted, measured, and discarded a
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But the world was my home and I was glad to be in it.