Quotes by William Saroyan

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

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.

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

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