Latest Susan Cheever Quotes from Interviews

• I 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 Cheever

  Writing, Thinking

• 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 Cheever

  Struggle, Writing, Thinking

• 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 men, I've always been complimented on my ability to attract men.

  Susan Cheever

  Men, Guy, Asking

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

• I think 12-step programs really work, rehab really works, certain types of therapies and talking to other addicts really work. There are a lot of things that work - that isn't the problem. The problem is getting the addicts to say they're addicts. The problem is admitting it.

  Susan Cheever

  Thinking, Talking, Rehab

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

• 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 many lovers, that's good.

  Susan Cheever

  Sex, Vegas, Addiction

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

• There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always breaking a promise - for example, you promise yourself you're just going to have coffee with a man, then before you know it, you're in bed together.

  Susan Cheever

  Coffee, Men, Promise

  Source: www.marieclaire.com