I 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 figurin…

- Susan Cheever

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 ti…

- Susan Cheever

If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a woman who's slept with a lot of …

- Susan Cheever

There is no such thing as expecting too much.

- Susan Cheever

Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst

- Susan Cheever

Our [western] culture embraces sex addiction. If I drink too much or rack up credit-card debt or lose the rent in Vegas, that's bad. But if I have ma…

- Susan Cheever

There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are ju…

- Susan Cheever

Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

- Susan Cheever

Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditiona…

- Susan Cheever