Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. John Updike activitycarecreative Change image and share on social
Arabic is very twisting, very beautiful. The call to prayer is quite haunting; it almost makes you a believer on the spot. John Updike arabicbeautifulbeliever Change image and share on social
To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man. John Updike appetitedreamfellow Change image and share on social
The writers we tend to universally admire, like Beckett, or Kafka, or TS Eliot, are not very prolific. John Updike admirebecketteliot 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
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens. John Updike apparentauthorchoice share on social
Thinking it over, I can't locate another artist in the Updike family. John Updike artistfamilylocate Change image and share on social
