“I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.”
Other Flannery O'Connor Quotes
I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth.
Flannery O'Connor 
59% of people like this quote
It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
Flannery O'Connor
56% of people like this quote
Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.
Flannery O'Connor
55% of people like this quote
The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
Flannery O'Connor
55% of people like this quote
I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
Flannery O'Connor
54% of people like this quote