I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of as someone who writes about a picturesque local scene like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gone With the Wind, something like that.
Walker PercyNobody but a Southerner knows the wrenching rinsing sadness of the cities of the North.
Walker PercyFiction doesnโt tell us something we donโt know, it tells us something we know but donโt know that we know.
Walker Percy