I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Author: Flannery O'Connor Copy Quote More from Flannery O'Connor “The truth is not distorted here, but rather a distortion is used to get at trut…” “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to las…” “Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the coun…” “I don't think literature would be possible in a determined world. We might go t…”