All Flannery O'Connor Quotes
- I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial. Afraid
- When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville. Inspirational
- I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Down
- The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence. From
- It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned… Attachment
- At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to… Age
- The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode. Art
- The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live. Able
- The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention. Ashamed
- Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. Decay
- All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of… Action
- Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because… All
- I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing. All
- If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you. Down
- Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never… Able
- The Catholic novelist in the South will see many distorted images of Christ, but he will certainly feel that a distorted image of Christ is… All
- She would of been a good woman," said The Misfit, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life. Been
- He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There… Became
- Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo… Art
- A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say… Any