What people donโt realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.
Flannery O'ConnorThere is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself.
Flannery O'ConnorYour beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.
Flannery O'ConnorA story has to have muscle as well as meaning, and the meaning has to be in the muscle.
Flannery O'Connor