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

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Source : Christian Science Monitor, October 24, 1979.

John Cheever

#Writing Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Reader Quotes

“Every technological product has to be designed and its fabrication overseen, and this is what engineers DO.”
“I do the cooking at home. Where we eat no more than 100 grams of meat a day and have 'tons' of fresh vegetables. I prepare the vegetables with a wide range of herbs, spices and such. We also keep on hand lots of fruit, yogurt and great breads.”
“You can choose your friends, but you sho' can't choose your family.”
“That's point of writing: building what you need, right?”

Source : "One on One: Justin Chin and Daphne Gottlieb". www.advocate.com. February 18, 2012.
“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
“Men are all the same. They always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got.”
“We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years.”
“I'm very close to my parents and we built a sailboat together when I was growing up. We're partners.”

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