Jean Stafford Quotes

United States, Writer
July 1, 1915 – March, 26, 1979.

Jean Stafford (July 1, 1915 – March 26, 1979) was an American short story writer and novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970.

Also known as Novelist

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.

Jean Stafford
- Hope
From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.

Jean Stafford
- Time
- Rest

Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.

Jean Stafford
- High
A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.

Jean Stafford
- Small
- Picture
- Silence
He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.

Jean Stafford
- Done
I am growing meaner by the hour.

Jean Stafford
- Growing
For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.

Jean Stafford
- Life
- Knowledge
For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7.

Jean Stafford
- Home