Who said "The fiction writer is an observer, first, last, and always."?

This quote is attributed to Flannery O'Connor.

The fiction writer is an observer, first, last, and always. - Flannery O'Connor

"The fiction writer is an observer, first, last, and always."

Flannery O'Connor Art

Novelist American 1925–1964

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