Filter quotes by topic
Famous Eudora Welty Quotes
“One place comprehended can make us understand other places better.”
Source: Three papers on fiction
Source: One Writer's Beginnings
Source: Three papers on fiction
“Making reality real is art's responsibility.”
Source: On Writing
“Human life is fiction's only theme.”
Source: Three papers on fiction
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.”
Source: One Writer's Beginnings
“Fantasy is no good unless the seed it springs from is a truth, a truth about human beings.”
Source: Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace: A Paper Read at the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society, Jackson, Mississippi, March 7, 1975
Source: One Writer's Beginnings
“Time is anonymous; when we give it a face, it's the same face the world over.”
Source: On Writing
Source: One Time, One Place: Mississippi in the Depression : a Snapshot Album
“Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.”
Source: One Writer's Beginnings
Source: On Writing
Source: On Writing