Author Chung Chao-cheng, born the same year as Yeh, goes even further: "I have always had a deep sense of dependence on Yeh Shih-tao. I have always felt that as long as he was among us, our group of the helpless with nowhere else to turn would have a pillar of strength, so at least we could show some kind of front, no matter how weak and pathetic."
而與葉石濤同年的前輩作家鍾肇政更曾說：「我對葉石濤一直有著濃重的依賴感，我總覺得在我們這一群無助無告的夥伴當中，有葉石濤其人在，便等於有了一根擎天巨柱，起碼可以撐起一份小小的、可憐兮兮的局面。」