Greater than scene is situa... by Eudora Welty, an American Author

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“Greater than scene is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who will never be confined in any frame.”

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Eudora Welty

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Name: Eudora Welty

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Apr 13, 1909

Date of Death: Jul 23, 2001

Profession: Author

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To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose.

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Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.

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Beware of a man with manners.

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All serious daring starts from within.

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Greater than scene is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who will never be confined in any frame.

Eudora Welty

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