The best Quotes by William Saroyan

The best Quotes by William Saroyan

William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, The Human Comedy. Saroyan is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

The loneliness does not come from the war. The war did not make it. It was the loneliness that made the war.

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War Solitude & Loneliness

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.

Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.

The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited.

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It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear.

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Fear Guilt Hatred

At his best, things do not happen to the artist; he happens to them.

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California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - October 2022

New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

Lalo Salamanca in Better Call Saul - Season 6 Episode 5

California New Mexico

We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

Lex Luthor in Superman

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Gloria Swanson

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Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.

Linus Torvalds

California Helsinki

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.

Joan Didion

Things are tough all over, cupcake. An' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike... except in California.

Silk Spectre in Watchmen -

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Justice California

I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.

Los Angeles California

That's the great thing about California, you can almost go to the mountains and almost go to the beach on the same day.

Leonard Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory - Season 11 Episode 11

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You know what's remarkable? That England looks in no way like Southern California.

Austin Powers in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me

England & Great Britain California

It's the edge of the world
And all of Western civilization
The sun may rise in the east
At least it's settled in a final location
It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication, Album: Californication

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I drank when I was pregnant with you, you turned out fine. There's everybody saying 'don't drink, don't smoke'. I swear - Texas is turning into California.

Sheldons Großmutter "Meemaw" in Young Sheldon - Season 1 Episode 9

California Texas

In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows.

Woody Allen

Television California Trash TV

Philippe: "Tell me Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?"
Driss: "I don't know, it's a business?"
Philippe: "No. That's because it's the only thing one leaves behind."

Driss in Intouchables

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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Albert Einstein in The World As I See It

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Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

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Art Truth Politicians

Art is a way of survival.

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All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.

Pablo Picasso

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Children & Childhood Art

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

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A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.

Andy Warhol

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Art Photography Pictures

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

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I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

Pippin Took in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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They got money for the war, but can't feed the poor.

2Pac

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Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.

Charles Bukowski

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Solitude & Loneliness

You mean well, but leave me be
Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free

Elsa in Frozen -

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Solitude & Loneliness Introvertierte Sprüche

If we are all alone, then that's also somthing we have together.

Cecelia Ahern in P.S. I Love You

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Solitude & Loneliness

Since when was genius found respectable?

Elizabeth Browning

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The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.

Alexandre Dumas

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Genius Foolishness

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Albert Einstein

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Genius Problems Intelligence

Not everything has to make sense. It's totally fine when it's fun.

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Meaning Playing

A good player knows how to win the game, a good character knows how to lose it, while smiling.

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Character Playing Losing & Defeat

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

George Bernard Shaw

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Birthday Age Playing

There's a lot of money to be made in scaring people.

Dana Scully in The X-Files

Fear Conspiracy Theories

Admitting your fears is the first and most difficult step in overcoming them.

Tenzin in The Legend of Korra

Fear doesn't need conquering. Fear tells you where the edge is. Fear is a good thing.

James Gordon in Gotham - Season 1 Episode 1

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

Lula da Silva

Do not have regrets. Guilt is a wasted emotion.

Norman Reedus

Bea: "If I steal, I do it because my friends and my family need me to."
Watson: "Take a trip to the gallows, you'll have all number of murderers telling you they did it in the name of necessity."

John Watson in The Irregulars - Season 1 Episode 2

Hate burns fast and bright, and it might make you feel empowered for a while, but eventually it consumes whatever vessel it fuels.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - März 2023

There's a type of hatred that's similar to longing. It's impossible to stop.

Moon Dong-eun in The Glory - Season 1 Episode 1

Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable!

Cristiano Ronaldo

Ambition Hatred Leo ♌

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

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