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

Quote by John Cheever

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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...

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...

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.

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...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle...

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.

Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.

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

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

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

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

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

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...

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...

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality...

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality...

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably...

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably...