The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence. Flannery O'Connor innocenceproceedsoutherner Change image and share on social
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle 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 askgoodopinion Change image and share on social
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 attachmentconcernfiction Change image and share on social
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O'Connor bestsellergoodprevent Change image and share on social
I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. Flannery O'Connor cheekcreditdeserve Change image and share on social
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers. Flannery O'Connor badconditionconscious share on social
When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville. Flannery O'Connor milledgevillerome Change image and share on social
I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth. Flannery O'Connor kindpreachtruth Change image and share on social
Conviction without experience makes for harshness. Flannery O'Connor convictionexperienceharshness Change image and share on social
All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal. Flannery O'Connor actionbrutalcharacter Change image and share on social
