I write any sort of rubbish which will cover the main outlines of the story, then I can begin to see it.
Flannery O'ConnorBut learned people can analyze for me why I fear hell and their implication is that there is no hell. But I believe in hell. Hell seems a great deal more feasible to my weak mind than heaven. No doubt because hell is a more earth-seeming thing. I can fancy the tortures of the damned but I cannot imagine the disembodied souls hanging in a crystal for all eternity praising God.
Flannery O'ConnorI never understand how writers can succumb to vanity - what you work the hardest on is usually the worst.
Flannery O'Connor