John Cheever

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

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

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

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.John Cheever

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Cheever was a famous American author, who was born on May 27, 1912. As a person born on this date, John Cheever is listed in our database as the 66th most popular celebrity for the day (May 27) and the 42nd most popular for the year (1912).

People born on May 27 fall under the Zodiac sign of Gemini, the Twins. John Cheever is the 2017th most popular Gemini.

Aside from information specific to John Cheever's birthday, John Cheever is the 11701st most famous American and ranks 5th in famous people born in Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.

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