John McPhee Professions : Writer Born : March 8, 1931 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by John McPhee The doctor listens in with a stethoscope and hears sounds of a warpath Indian drum. John McPhee stethoscope doctors sound He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between. John McPhee inventing action letters I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes. John McPhee airplane floating class Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors