Chris Timmins

“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
― W.H. Auden, New Year Letter

“Interviewer: What is your greatest regret?
Gorey: That I don't have one”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― Flannery O'Connor