"The fiction writer has to engage in a……" — Flannery O'Connor
"The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak in himself."
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213 Quotes by Flannery O'Connor
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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 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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I have also led you astray by talking of technique as if it were something that could be separated from…
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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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