Any Quote by Karen Russell

Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible.

— Scott Derrickson

Flannery O'Connor was a revelation for me. When I read her, I was very young, and I didn't understand what she was doing. I…

— Karin Slaughter

I always loved Flannery O'Conner, and how she's not trying to create sympathetic characters.

— Lee Isaac Chung

I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.

— David Almond

I don't want to pretend like I'm some intellectual person who understands Flannery O'Connor.

— Sara Zarr

In college, I had a big fixation with Southern Gothic literature. Flannery O'Connor, I read every word she's ever written.

— Jeff Feuerzeig

I am very indebted to southern writers and not just Flannery O'Connor. Also Harry Crews, Larry Brown, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and William Gay.

— Donald Ray Pollock

“I flipped to the author’s photo in the Library of America edition of O’Connor’s collected works, and forked it over. Solitary examined the photo.…

— Avi Steinberg

What's interesting is I don't think you will find anyone to say anything against Des O'Connor, he was the nicest of people and the…

— Gyles Brandreth

I took a fiction-writing workshop my sophomore year at Northwestern, and I hadn't yet read Junot Diaz or George Saunders, Flannery O'Connor. There was…

— Karen Russell

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

— Kiran Desai

I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.

— Isaac Mizrahi