Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. J
  4. John Cheever
  5. For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain...

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
Grief, Rain, Writing
Accepting National Medal for Literature, en.wikiquote.org. April 27, 1982.
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.