Every morning between 9 and 12 I go to my room and sit before a piece of paper. Many times, I just sit for three hours with no ideas coming to me. But I know one thing. If an idea does come between 9 and 12 I am there ready for it.
Flannery O'ConnorShe was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true.
Flannery O'ConnorWhen you leave a man alone with his Bible and the Holy Ghost inspires him, he's going to be a Catholic one way or another, even though he knows nothing about the visible church. His kind of Christianity may not be socially desirable, but will be real in the sight of God.
Flannery O'ConnorYou ought to be able to discover something from your stories. If you don't, probably nobody else will.
Flannery O'Connor