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Flannery O'Connor quotes about writing

American Author March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964

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In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do this unless his moral judgement is part of the very act of seeing, and he is free to use it. I have heard it said that belief in Christian dogma is a hindrance to the writer, but I myself have found nothing further from the truth. Actually, it frees the storyteller to observe. It is not a set of rules which fixes what he sees in the world. It affects his writing primarily by... Flannery O'Connor
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. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I..."
I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the..."
Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. Flannery O'Connor
[Writing about her address to a ladies club]: The heart of my message to them was that they would all fry in Hell if they didn't quit reading trash. Flannery O'Connor
There's a certain grain of stupidity that the writer of fiction can hardly do without, and this is the quality of having to stare, of not getting the point at once. The longer you look at one object, the more of the world you see in it; and it's well to remember that the serious fiction writer always writes about the whole world. Flannery O'Connor
...I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it again. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea..."
Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character. Flannery O'Connor
Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "I find that most people know what a story is until they sit..."
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
Let me make no bones about it: I write from the standpoint of Christian orthodoxy. Nothing is more repulsive to me than the idea of myself setting up a little universe of my own choosing and propounding a little immoralistic message. I write with a solid belief in all the Christian dogmas. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "What is needed is the vision to go with it, and you do not get..."
What is needed is the vision to go with it, and you do not get this from a writing class. Flannery O'Connor
Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot..."
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live. Flannery O'Connor

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