Pat Novak Says...

"Well it began to rain, and, I figured it'd be easier to float out to the street, so I went to sleep. When I woke up, the rain hadn't helped the alley much. It's like washing your kid's face and finding out he was ugly to start with. The mud had washed up against the walls, and there was a thick, sour smell, and down the alley across the street, there was a part of a sign sticking out that said 'Eats.' And that isn't what you felt like at all. I started groping around to get up and my hand hit the pictures. They were scattered all over like clothes in a boarding school. I picked 'em up and started for the street."

- Pat Novak for Hire, March 13, 1949 - "Rubin Callaway's Pictures"