All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give a reader time to think about what they have read. I struggle to slow down.
Susan CheeverI don't really think of writing as a career. It's something that happened to me. By working harder than I knew it was possible to work, I have become passable at it.
Susan CheeverI believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.
Susan Cheever