John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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

— John Cheever

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