William Saroyan
William Saroyan
William Saroyanwas an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 August 1908
CityFresno, CA
William Saroyan quotes about
passenger
He wanted to be a passenger on anything that was going anywhere, but most of all on a ship.
despise evil godliness men un
Despise evil and un godliness but not men of un godliness or evil.
swift visual wisdom
My wisdom was visual and as swift as vision.
glad home
But the world was my home and I was glad to be in it.
armenian boy faster fastest impatient keen messenger nickname pace plots
I used to be the fastest telegram messenger boy in all Fresno. My nickname was "Speed." Finally, I said, "Take back your nickname. This pace is killing me." Anyway, I still write fast -- it's my impatient Armenian nature. I'm keen to find out how my plots end, and if I write faster I'll find out sooner.
time-of-your-life
Live, for this is the time of your life.
cycling bikers invention
The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind.
typewriters names white
I don't have a name and I don't have a plot. I have the typewriter and I have white paper and I have me, and that should add up to a novel.
san-francisco bored bay-area
If you’re alive, you can’t be bored in San Francisco. If you’re not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life.
good-times time-of-your-life ugliness
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.
daughter son technology
I have never received a telephone call that justified the excitement and fuss of the electronics involved. If I can't see somebody I love, for instance, such as a daughter, or a son, I would rather receive a letter.
sunday people mad
Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another.
letters taxes stills
The Tax Collector's letters are invariably mimeographed, and all they say is that you still haven't paid him.
perspective myth sooner-or-later
Everything and everybody is sooner or later identified, defined, and put in perspective. The truth as always is simultaneously better and worse than what the popular myth-making has it.