Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction. John Cheever ceaseexperimentationfiction Change image and share on social
All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. John Cheever endangerfanlife Change image and share on social
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. John Cheever battlebeautygive Change image and share on social
The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony. John Cheever adulteryamericanball share on social
That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit. John Cheever exitheadremember Change image and share on social
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone. John Cheever kispreciselyreader Change image and share on social
People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy. John Cheever confusionfictionmoral Change image and share on social
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world. John Cheever casedamndespair Change image and share on social
Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. John Cheever fiftyhomesickhomesickness Change image and share on social
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. John Cheever chooseevilgood Change image and share on social
