Eudora Welty Quotes

American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001)

Eudora Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was American short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South. She was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. During the 1930s, Welty worked as a photographer for the Works Progress Administration.

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Native Name: Eudora Alice Welty

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I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

The story and its analyses are not mirror-opposites of each other. They are not reflections, either one. Criticism indeed is an art, as a story is, but only the story is to some degree a vision; there is no explanation outside fiction for what the writer is learning to do.

If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?