„Nur Narren verachten die Lüge.“
— William Saroyan
Die Pariser Komödie
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William Saroyan
Geburtstag:31. August 1908
Todesdatum:18. Mai 1981
Zitate William Saroyan
„The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.“
— William Saroyan
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories
„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. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.
Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are the things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is unworthy of the clear eye and the kindly heart.
Be the inferior of no man, or of any men be 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. Despise evil and ungodliness, but not men of ungodliness or evil. These, understand. Have no shame in being kindly and gentle but if the time comes in the time of your life to kill, kill and have no regret.
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 delight and mystery of it.“
— William Saroyan
The Time Of Your Life
„The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.“
— William Saroyan
My Heart's in the Highlands
„I care so much about everything that I care about nothing“
— William Saroyan
My Heart's in the Highlands
„I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.“
— William Saroyan
The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills
„You must remember always to give, of everything you have. You must give foolishly even. You must be extravagant. You must give to all who come into your life. Then nothing and no one shall have power to cheat you of anything, for if you give to a thief, he cannot steal from you, and he himself is then no longer a thief. And the more you give, the more you will have to give.“
— William Saroyan
The Human Comedy
