I seem to have this need to belong to some church. I get worried on Sunday mornings. John Updike belongchurchmorning Change image and share on social
I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being. John Updike bugaboocategoryfellow Change image and share on social
In my first 15 or 20 years of authorship, I was almost never asked to give a speech or an interview. The written work was supposed to speak for itself, and to sell itself, sometimes even without the author's photograph on the back flap. John Updike askauthorauthorship share on social
I suppose sequels are inevitable for a writer of a certain age. John Updike ageinevitablesequel Change image and share on social
My wife and I had children when we were children ourselves. John Updike childwife Change image and share on social
Hobbies take place in the cellar and smell of airplane glue. John Updike airplanecellarglue Change image and share on social
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. John Updike enableignorejob Change image and share on social
By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved. John Updike dissolvepartnershiptime Change image and share on social
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. John Updike bloomdaredecay Change image and share on social
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience. John Updike adultbearconsume Change image and share on social
