William Styron Book Quotations

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.

Basically it is a very politically incorrect book written by a white man trying to seize his own interpretation and put it into the soul and heart of a black man.

A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.

A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered. Certainly I have written enough of it to demonstrate that I harbor no disdain for literary journalism or just plain journalism, under whose sponsorship I have been able to express much that has fascinated me, or alarmed me, or amused me, or otherwise engaged my attention when I was not writing a book.

A great book should leave you with many experiences.

You live several lives while reading [a good book].