With young wealthy eyes upon him, William Faulkner delivered his Nobel Prize speech. He made a single demand. Faulkner believed that a writer had a duty, a duty to write from the heart. He explained that writers need to write their emotions and experiences or they could never achieve a good piece of writing. The reasons why, we as humans, write is because we have "a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance" (Faulkner). Without these emotions from the heart a reader can't connect to the writing and therefore can't truly enjoy a valuable book. Faulkner alleged that writers "write not of the heart but of the glands" and I believe he was right (Faulkner). Distinct emotions such as "lust" and "fear" can't "prevail" over stronger, deeper emotions such as "love" and "compassion" (Faulkner). When the writer fulfills their duty "truths of the heart" can...