The short story is the art form that deals with the individual when there is no longer a society to absorb him, and when he is compelled to exist, as it were, by his own inner light. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
There are three necessary elements in a story - exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as "John Fortescue was a solicitor in… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
“a grin that wasn't natural, and that combined in a strange way affection and arrogance, the arrogance of the idealist who doesn't realize how… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
All I know from my own experience is that the more loss we feel the more grateful we should be for whatever it was… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
I was a great believer in hot buttered toast at all hours of the day. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
I suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, but as small as it is, the whole world is in… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
I cant write about something I dont admire. It goes back to the old concept of the celebration: you celebrate the hero, an idea. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
Always in the short story there is this sense of outlawed figures wandering about the fringes of society.... As a result there is in… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
A man and woman in search of something are always blown apart, but it's the same wind that blows them. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
“And what's a-trouble to you, Jackie?" "Father," I said, feeling I might as well get it over while I had him in good humour,… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
“But my dear young lady," he said offering a cigarette, "who ever said I have a poor opinion of women? On the contrary, I… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
