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“The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.”
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“There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself.”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“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 what the meaning is.”
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“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.”
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
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