Flannery O'Connor Quotes
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.
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.
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The more questions and answers we get, the more useful Quora is.
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The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.
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There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.
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I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up!
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I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.
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I would like to be mates with Richard Branson because I've hung out with him and he is just the loveliest person and obviously a very rich guy and has a lot of stuff going on, but he's actually a really, really sound person, and he's really positive and he's got a really good energy, so I'd like to hang out with him a bit more.
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A simple 'I love you' means more than money.
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The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
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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.
