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
The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion. John Updike apartmententergood Change image and share on social
My life is, in a sense, trash. My life is only that of which the residue is my writing. John Updike liferesiduesense Change image and share on social
Memory has a spottiness, as if the film was sprinkled with developer instead of immersed in it. John Updike developerfilmimmerse Change image and share on social
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
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
That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. John Updike endheavenhold Change image and share on social
As movers and the moved both know, books are heavy freight, the weight of refrigerators and sofas broken up into cardboard boxes. They make us think twice about changing addresses. John Updike addressbookbox 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