Quote by John Cheever
For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

Other quotes by John Cheever

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbeys gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. – John Cheever

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Loneliness
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Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever

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Knowledge
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My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin. – Karl Kraus

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Writing

Writing is a struggle against silence. – Carlos Fuentes

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Writing

A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident. – W. Somerset Maugham, Summing Up, 1938

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Writing

I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

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Writing

Random Quotes

When we dont have what we like, we must like what we have. – Proverb

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Satisfaction

I remember the 80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time. – John Cusack

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War

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art. – William Bernbach

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Art

Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain. – John Mayer

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Music