If my mother hadn't been trying to be a writer, I don't know if I would have thought of it myself. John Updike motherthinkwriter Change image and share on social
My transition from wanting to be a cartoonist to wanting to be a writer may have come about through that friendly opposition, that even-handed pairing, of pictures and words. John Updike cartoonistfriendlyhand Change image and share on social
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. John Updike appealchildchildlike Change image and share on social
I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs that keep coming, and there's this panicky feeling that 'This is me and I must make it better.' John Updike comefeltlot share on social
I would write ads for deodorants or labels for catsup bottles if I had to. John Updike bottlecatsupdeodorant Change image and share on social
We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are still puritan enough to respect a strenuous spiritual effort. John Updike artartistdifficult Change image and share on social
Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want to jeer and weep. John Updike crassexpressfiction Change image and share on social
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever. John Updike essentialinnocenceinnocent Change image and share on social
