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- ↑ Interview with Paris Qualles by Neale Sourna
- ↑ Paris Qualles at FilmReference.com
- ↑ "11 chosen for Long Branch High School Hall of Fame", Asbury Park Press , January 20, 2004. Accessed September 6, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Those chosen, their fields and the year of their graduation are:... Paris H. Qualles, television, 1970, Emmy Award-winning writer"
- ↑ Screenwriters lauded with Humanitas Prize [ permanent dead link ] Associated Press, Los Angeles, September 17, 2008
