They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.

" Of O'Hara Hemingway once said cruelly "Someone should take up a collection to send John O'Hara to Yale. According to Gill Yale was unwilling to award the honor because O'Hara "asked for it. Canby on the subject of Peyton Place.

". He was particularly known for an uncannily accurate ear for dialogue.