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.

Quote by John Cheever

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

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

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

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

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman...

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman...

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed...

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed...

I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.

I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.

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

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

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction...

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction...

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say....

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say....

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

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

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a...

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a...

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

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

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

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.

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem...

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem...

When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word, when it ceases...

When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word, when it ceases...

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...