John Cheever
Quotes by John Cheever
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.
— John Cheever
For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.
— John Cheever
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.
— John Cheever
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.
— John Cheever
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.
— John Cheever
Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.
— John Cheever
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
— John Cheever
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
— John Cheever
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.
— John Cheever
All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.
— John Cheever