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Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

~Flannery O'Connor

Topics: Asked Enough Everywhere Go Opinion Stifle Them Think Universities Writers I Think

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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

~Flannery O'Connor

Topics: Am Because Best Thing Writer Writing I Am

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

~Flannery O'Connor

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When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.

~Flannery O'Connor

Topics: Done Rome You

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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.

~Flannery O'Connor

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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.

~Flannery O'Connor

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: March 25th, 1925

Died: August 3rd, 1964

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