What is needed is the vision to go with it, and you do not get this from a writing class. Author: Flannery O'Connor Copy Quote More from Flannery O'Connor “To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness…” “I distrust pious phrases, especially when they issue from my mouth. I try milit…” “If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet.” “He had the feeling that everything he saw was a broken-off piece of some giant …”