John Updike

My transition from wanting to be a cartoonist to wanting to be a writer may have come about through that friendly opposition, that even-handed pairing, of pictures and words.

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These are some quotes by American author John Updike Novelist, who lived between March 18, 1932 and January 27, 2009.

Quotes by John Updike

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

John Updike

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I would write ads for deodorants or labels for catsup bottles if I had to.

John Updike

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If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number of things about it.

John Updike

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