The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop. John Updike adulterybreathconstraint Change image and share on social
I still want to give my public, such as it is, a book a year. John Updike bookgivepublic Change image and share on social
Fiction is burdened for me with a sense of duty. John Updike burdendutyfiction Change image and share on social
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. John Updike aristocratconsistlearner Change image and share on social
New York is, of course, many cities, and an exile does not return to the one he left. John Updike cityexileleave Change image and share on social
Harvard has enough panegyrists without me. John Updike harvardpanegyrist Change image and share on social
Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides. John Updike billycollinsconsistently Change image and share on social
A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or two. John Updike americanamountauthor Change image and share on social
I picked up 'On Moral Fiction' in the bookstore and looked up myself in the index, but I didn't read it through. I try not to read things that depress me. John Updike bookstoredepressfiction Change image and share on social
