Memories, impressions and emotions from the first 20 years on earth are most writers' main material; little that comes afterward is quite so rich and resonant. John Updike afterwardearthemotion Change image and share on social
Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller. John Updike blockbusterlovemegaseller Change image and share on social
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. John Updike americanconditioncost Change image and share on social
Our artistic heroes tend to be those self-exercisers, like Picasso, and Nabokov, and Wallace Stevens, who rather defiantly kept playing past dark. John Updike artisticdarkdefiantly 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
Without books, we might just melt into the airwaves and be just another set of blips. John Updike airwaveblipbook Change image and share on social
I feel old only when I look at my hands or at myself in the mirror. John Updike feelhandmirror Change image and share on social
For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, I discovered that the implausibility and the thinness of the people distracted me unduly from the plot. John Updike agathacarrchristie share on social
I think books should have secrets, like people do. John Updike bookpeoplesecret Change image and share on social
I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. John Updike extentgovernmentleaf Change image and share on social
