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on his influence

Richard Ford (writer and friend)

...I don't think it's true that nearly all writers younger than Ray were influenced by him... Ray never spoke to me in those terms. That may have been due to his modesty - which was genuine - but it also had to do with something Ray knew and cherished. It was that short stories are received forms.

From Raymond Carver: An Oral Biography, by Sam Halpert, University Of Iowa Press, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by Sam Halpert.