William Faulkner Quotes
ingenuity was apparently given man in order that he may supply himself in crisis with shapes and sounds with which to guard himself from truth.
Topics
Order
Problem Solving
Innovation, Innovations
Creativity, Creators
Crisis Management
Imagination
Self-Deception
Sound
Artistic Expression
Adaptability
Defense Mechanism
Coping Mechanism
Coping Mechanisms
Creative Escape
Creative Solutions
Crisis Response
Defense Mechanisms
Human Ingenuity
Resourcefulness
truth evasion
Avoiding Truth
Citations
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Cape & Smith, 1930.
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, screenplays, poetry, essays, and a play. He is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life.