Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – John Cheever
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – 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 ones life and discover ones usefulness. – John Cheever
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – whats going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. – Jonathan Safran Foer