Harcourt sent my book to Evelyn Waugh and his comment was: โIf this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product.โ My mother was vastly insulted. She put the emphasis on if and lady. Does he suppose youโre not a lady? she says.
Flannery O'Connor... the novelist is bound by the reasonable possibilities, not the probabilities, of his culture.
Flannery O'ConnorWhen she told a story, she rolled her eyes and waved her head and was very dramatic.
Flannery O'Connor