"I cant write about something I dont admire. It goes back to the old concept of the celebration: you celebrate the hero, an idea."

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Source : Frank O'Connor, Michael A. Steinman (1994). “A Frank O'Connor Reader”, p.13, Syracuse University Press

Frank O'Connor

#Hero Quotes #Writing Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Sometimes after an enjoyable family home evening, during a fervent family prayer, or when our entire family is at the dinner table on Sunday evening eating waffles and engaging in a session of lively, good-matured conversation, I quietly say to myself, 'If heaven is nothing more than this, it will be good enough for me!'”
“I don't think I'm ready for New York.”
“If I don't fool you, I'm not doing my job as a magician. If I make you feel foolish, I'm not doing my job as a human being.”
“I think it's almost necessary for most people to have the freedom to pull back, and then re-enter at an adult level, where they are neither playing the victim nor creating victims, but just participating in calm, adult behavior. Because an awful lot of churches just aren't there at adult Christianity, this seems to be the norm anymore.”
“You can either read something many times in order to be assured that you got it all, or else you can define your purpose and use techniques which will assure that you have met it and gotten what you need”
“My fear, as a writer, is that I am a curiosity. That I can only bring you this peculiar condition from far away, from outside, and if you look at it then it will mean nothing. So, I have to pretend it's more than that. Horror writing lets me do that.”
“I think that The Great Gatsby has had some influence on contemporary dressing. I'm seeing more boyish haircuts and drop-waist sheath dresses.”
“Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.”

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