Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.
Flannery O'Connor...I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it again.
Flannery O'ConnorThe writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
Flannery O'ConnorWhen you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.
Flannery O'ConnorPeople without hope not only donโt write novels, but what is more to the point, they donโt read them. They donโt take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage. The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience.
Flannery O'Connor