Anyone who survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his life. Author: Flannery O'Connor Copy Quote More from Flannery O'Connor “If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet.” “Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you …” “To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks.” “The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity …”