Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. John Updike admitartchange Change image and share on social
I think you remember certain phrases from bad reviews. You don't remember all the bad reviews. John Updike badphraseremember Change image and share on social
A house, having been willfully purchased and furnished, tells us more than a body, and its description is a foremost resource of the art of fiction. John Updike artbodydescription Change image and share on social
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
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
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
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. John Updike adventurerartistbehalf 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
