Morley Callaghan

“The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a chain of small sins so that she could imagine herself full of remorse.”

“I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30.”

“I know it may sound silly, but I think my short stories have a life and identity of their own. They crop up in all sorts of places.”

“There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is born with it.”

“I'm probably better known for boxing with Hemingway than for anything I've written.”

“His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.”