The two worst sins of bad taste in fiction are pornography and sentimentality. One is too much sex and the other too much sentiment.
Flannery O'Connor... the man in the violent situation reveals those qualities least dispensable in his personality, those qualities which are all he will have to take into eternity with him.
Flannery O'ConnorIn my travels I am often asked if college stifles young writers. In my opinion, it doesn't stifle them enough.
Flannery O'ConnorI suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.
Flannery O'Connor