. . . I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I … - Flannery O'Connor

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The Book, this Holy Book, on every line, Mark'd with the seal of high divinity, On every leaf bedew'd with drops of love Divine, and with the eternal heraldry And signature of God Almighty stamp'd From first to last; this ray of sacred light, This lamp, from off the everlasting throne, Mercy took down, and in the night of time Stood, casting on the dark her gracious bow; And evermore beseeching men With tears And earnest sighs, to read, believe and live.

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.

Like, Old Lady, Say, See, Thinking, Writing

Same Author Quotes

I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.

Believe, Doubt, Doubts, Suffering, Think, Thinking

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

Believe, Faith, Knows, Literature

It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.

Away, Fiction, Get Away, Say, Writing

On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think. . . of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.

Class, Classes, Divide, Feminine, Sex, Thinking

I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.

Atheist, Catholic, Methodist, Would Be