It's sort of good to see your vocation as a daily task and have fairly modest expectations for financial or reward in other coin - glory, love, whatever. John Updike coindailyexpectation 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
To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client. John Updike actadvocateblind 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
New York is a city with virtually no habitable public space - only private spaces expensively maintained within the general disaster. John Updike citydisasterexpensively Change image and share on social
The study of literature threatens to become a kind of paleontology of failure, and criticism a supercilious psychoanalysis of authors. John Updike authorcriticismfailure Change image and share on social
A person believes various things at various times, even on the same day. John Updike believedayperson Change image and share on social
There is a great deal of busywork to a writer's life, as to a professor's life, a great deal of work that matters only in that, if you don't do it, your desk becomes very full of papers. So, there is a lot of letter answering and a certain amount of speaking, though I try to keep that at a minimum. John Updike amountanswerbusywork share on social
Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works. John Updike 20thassumecentury Change image and share on social
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. John Updike bearingdailyextent Change image and share on social