“I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He's not a great mind, he's not a great thinker, he's not a great philosopher, he's a story-teller.” ThinkingWritingMindPersonsStoriesRememberSimpleGoes OnBasesPhilosopherThinkerGreat MindsGreat ThinkersGreat Philosophers Book:Conversations with Erskine Caldwell Source: Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
“Many Southern writers must have learned the art of storytelling from listening to oral tales. I did. It gave me the knowledge that the simplest incident can make a story.” ArtStoriesListeningTalesStorytellingSouthernSimplestIncidents Book:Conversations with Erskine Caldwell Source: Conversations with Erskine Caldwell