"It is Yates's relentless, unflinching investigation of our secret hearts, and his speaking to us in language as clear and honest and unadorned and unsentimental and uncompromising as his vision, that makes him such a great writer." –Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls
"To me and to many other writers of my generation, the work of Richard Yates came as a liberating force.... He was one of the most important and influential writers of the second half of the century." –Robert Stone, acclaimed author of A Flag for Sunrise
