Flannery O'Connor Quotes

It is popular to believe that in order to see clearly one must believe nothing. This may work well enough if you are observing cells under a microscope. It will not work if you are writing fiction. For the fiction writer, to believe nothing is to see nothing.

Flannery O'Connor

Quotes to Explore

I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.

Walter Huston
- Simple
- Better
- Voice
Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

E. Stanley Jones
- Character
- Jesus
- Stand
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.

Zadie Smith
- Trying
- You
- Stop
I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.

Katee Sackhoff
- Good
- Small
- Try
Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.

Adam Oates
- Up
- Family
- Father
Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.

Larry Brown
- School
- Kids
- Worship