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
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
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
My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't want to know. John Updike afraidbookchild Change image and share on social
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience. John Updike adultbearconsume Change image and share on social
Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback. John Updike averagebigbook Change image and share on social
John Barth, I think, was really a writer of my own age and somewhat of my own temperament, although his books are very different from mine, and he has been a spokesman for the very ambitious, long, rather academic novel. But I don't think that what he is saying, so far as I understand it, is so very different from what I'm saying. John Updike academicageambitious share on social
To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit. John Updike ensureframefreedom Change image and share on social