America ain’t cemented and plastered yet. They’re still building it. That’s why a man with ink in his veins not only still can but sometimes has still got to keep on moving around in it, keeping moving around and listening and looking and learning… All America asks is to look at it and listen to it and understand it if you can.
What Sherwood Anderson taught William Faulkner about writing, the artist’s task, and being an American. (via explore-blog)












