William Saroyan Quotes:
Ocupation: Dramatist
Life: August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981
Birthday: August 31
Death: May 18
The purpose of writing is both to keep up with life and to run ahead of it. I am little comfort to myself, although I am the only comfort I have, excepting perhaps streets, clouds, the sun, the faces and voices of kids and the aged, and similar accidents of beauty, innocence, truth and loneliness.
source: "My Heart's in the Highlands". Book by William Saroyan, 1939.
topic: Running, Loneliness, Kids, Purpose Of Writing
