Walker Percy
Walker Percy
Walker Percy, Obl.S.B.was an American author from Covington, Louisiana, whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. He devoted his literary life to the exploration of "the dislocation of man in the modern age." His work displays a combination of existential questioning, Southern sensibility, and deep Catholic faith...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 May 1916
CountryUnited States of America
Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.
Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.
Bourbon does for me what the piece of cake did for Proust.
I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of as someone who writes about a picturesque local scene like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gone With the Wind, something like that.
I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free.
Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
The fact is I am quite happy in a movie, even a bad movie. Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives...
Losing hope is not so bad. There's something worse: losing hope and hiding it from yourself.
Consciously cultivate the ordinary.