"There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Writing Quotes #Fiction Quotes #No Excuses Quotes

“America is not the world.”
“What would mathematics have amounted to without the imagination of its devotees-its giants and their followers? There never was a discovery made without the urge of imagination-of imagination which broke the roadway through the forest in order that cold logic might follow.”
“The more delicate and ambitious the soul, the further do dreams estrange it from possible things.”
“The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people may be, they are not so significant as thousands of other people who have never been mentioned. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.”
“When they come for your guns, give them the ammo first.”
“There are some writers who also enjoy being authors, and are good at it as well. There is nothing performative about writing, but there is about being a writer.”

Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.
“It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.”
“I was a victim; I don't dwell on it.”

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