Flannery O'Connor

O'Connor discusses such subjects as the art of writing, the techniques for teaching literature, and the importance of religion to the creative artist

Occasional Prose

Mystery and Manners

Jim Hagan

"Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it. We hear a great deal about humility being required to lower oneself, but it requires an equal humility and a real love of the truth to raise oneself and by hard labor to acquire higher standards."

Mystery and Manners Occasional Prose

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