●「麥卡勒斯小姐,也許還有福克納先生,是繼D.H.勞倫斯殞落之後唯一具有原創詩情的作家。和福克納相比,我更喜歡麥卡勒斯小姐,因為她寫得更清楚明白;和勞倫斯相比,我也更喜歡麥卡勒斯小姐,因為她不傳道。」──小說家格雷安.葛林Miss McCullers and perhaps Mr Faulkner are the only writers since the death of D. H. Lawrence with an original poetic sensibility. I prefer Miss McCullers to Mr Faulkner because she writes more clearly; I prefer her to D. H. Lawrence because she has no message.