"I have also led you astray by talking……" — Flannery O'Connor
"I have also led you astray by talking of technique as if it were something that could be separated from the rest of the story. Technique can't operate at all, of course, except on believable material."
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Flannery O'Connor
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213 Quotes by Flannery O'Connor
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There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
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The reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror.
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You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.
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I am interested in making up a good case for distortion, as I am coming to believe it is the…
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I feel that whatever virtues the novel may have are very much connected with the limitations you mention. I am…
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Every morning between 9 and 12 I go to my room and sit before a piece of paper. Many times,…
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The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where the human perception begins. He…
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I believe the teacher's work is largely negative, that it is largely a matter of saying, "This doesn't work because…
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The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak…
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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or…
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