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  • 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.

    Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.51, Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • 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.

    Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.181, Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • I was not a writer to begin with; I was a listener.

    Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.181, Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • I think acceptance of human rights is going to progress from one day to the next. I don't think there's going to be any violent revolution about the whole thing anywhere. Of course, it looks like it every once in a while. You hear about it on television and in newspapers: riots here and there. But that is a passing phase.

    Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.102, Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • To me there is no such thing as creative writing. It's either good writing, whatever the subject, or it's not creative.

    Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.185, Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • I'm not interested in plots. I'm interested only in the characterization of people and what they do.

    Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.182, Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Influence is a very tenuous matter. I try to avoid it in every respect. I don't want to be influenced by anybody.

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