Author: John Cheever

Quotes

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

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.

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.

- John Cheever

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

- John Cheever

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

- John Cheever

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

- John Cheever

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

- John Cheever

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

- John Cheever

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

- John Cheever

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

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

- John Cheever

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