Flannery O'Connor Quotes

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.

Flannery O'Connor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1925 - August 3, 1964

Topics

AttentionNothingNeverStaringHis

I can't stand cocky, rude people.

Joanna Krupa

PeopleStandCockyRude

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

Jessica Brown Findlay

ExperienceMeYouActingEmotions

For me, New York is about anonymity; that's the draw. It's not at all about other people in my business being nearby. It's that I can get on the subway and eavesdrop on conversations that I would never have access to otherwise. That's why I stay. That's why I could never leave.

Jennifer Egan

BusinessNew YorkPeopleMeI Can

I do think there's some value to really throwing yourself into food and embracing where it comes from.

Meghan Markle

FoodYourselfValueThinkWhere

I'd like to see an arrested growth of development. You can't stop it, but it's important we do something about the developers having the upper hand.

John Murray

GrowthYouStopImportantHandSee

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.'

Angela Davis

ThingsRadicalRootSimplyMeans

I don't want to be in the spotlight, ever! I don't know why I got in this profession!

Ana de Armas

KnowWantWhySpotlightGotEver

I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I did journalism because there were rules I could learn. You can teach someone to write a news story. They might not write a great one, but you can teach that pretty easily.

Amy Hempel

GreatWritingSmallStoryLearnYou

I did a lot of reading of the Bible and became fascinated with the idea of the Rapture. It's pretty wild. I hadn't heard of it until I was in college.

Tom Perrotta

CollegeBibleReadingWildPretty

I took classes and performed and did improv and sketch and wrote sketches and did lights and sound for other people's shows just so I could be around the theater. That was about seven nights a week for seven years.

Rob Riggle

PeopleWeekLightsSketchSound

You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke.

Monica Johnson

TruthYouMouthSometimesHardEat

When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

YouFastWriteWriterPays

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