Jean Stafford — American Writer born on July 01, 1915, died on March 26, 1979

Jean Stafford was an American short story writer and novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970... (wikipedia)

A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.
For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.
You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing.
From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.
He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.