For a long time, I was under the impression that 'Terry and the Pirates' was the best comic strip in the United States. John Updike comicimpressionlong Change image and share on social
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. John Updike alikebodyfemale Change image and share on social
For whatever crispness and animation my writing has I give some credit to the cartoonist manque. John Updike animationcartoonistcredit Change image and share on social
Harvard has enough panegyrists without me. John Updike harvardpanegyrist Change image and share on social
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. John Updike descendearthgrace Change image and share on social
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism. John Updike americanartethic Change image and share on social
Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets is to bring death into the house. John Updike bringdeathhouse Change image and share on social
I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn't have a private income. I had no other profession. John Updike familyincomeprivate Change image and share on social
There should always be something gratuitous about art, just as there seems to be, according to the new-wave cosmologists, something gratuitous about the universe. John Updike artcosmologistgratuitous Change image and share on social
