John Cheever

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

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

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

Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children and pregnant women, until this Administration puts public health before politics.

With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.