11 Quotes by Morley Callaghan

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.

Putting his head down on the dog's neck, he vowed to himself fervently that he would always have some money on hand, no matter what became of him, so that he would be able to protect all that was truly valuable from the practical people in the world.

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

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.

As he still groped for that one moment, Father Dowling began to think that the whole city for years had been whispering its story to him out of the darkness in snatches, in a huge confessional where he could not see the faces…

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

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.

I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribners in New York before I was 30.