“ All five of our twentieth-century literature Nobel laureates were alcoholics—Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O’Neill, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck. Susan Cheever
“ Psychological studies have recently shown that adversity can be a more powerful motivator than support. Successful people often remember being told that they could not do what they have, in fact, done… Susan Cheever
“ John Barleycorn’s final words: I’ve had more friends in private and more foes in public than any other man in America. Susan Cheever
“ The Pilgrims believed beer was an unalloyed good, a 'good creature of God.' People who did not drink were suspect and 'crank-brained. Susan Cheever
