Everywhere I go, I’m asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. Flannery O’Connor
Conviction without experience makes for harshness. Flannery O’Connor
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O’Connor
To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness. Flannery O’Connor
There’s many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O’Connor
When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville. Flannery O’Connor
I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Flannery O’Connor
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 with what they lack than with what they have. Flannery O’Connor