Files under General | Dec
29th
In a candid Paris Review interview, John Cheever was asked:
“Have you always been a writer, or have you had other jobs?”
“I drove a newspaper truck once. I liked it very much, especially during the World Series, when the Quincy paper would carry the box scores and full accounts. No one had radios, or television—which is not to say that the town was lit with candles, but they used to wait for the news; it made me feel good to be the one delivering the good news.
(Via David Alvarez)
Tags: John Cheever, Newspapers, Paris Review