My first ambition was to be an animator for Walt Disney. Then I wanted to be a magazine cartoonist. John Updike ambitionanimatorcartoonist Change image and share on social
By the mid-17th century, telescopes had improved enough to make visible the seasonally growing and shrinking polar ice caps on Mars, and features such as Syrtis Major, a dark patch thought to be a shallow sea. John Updike 17thcapcentury share on social
Belief, like love, must be voluntary. John Updike belieflovevoluntary 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
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
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
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
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