Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself. John Updike harvardlearnliberate Change image and share on social
Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently. John Updike agefreelancegently 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
From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few. John Updike discoverinfancypaltry Change image and share on social
The reader knows the writer better than he knows himself; but the writer's physical presence is light from a star that has moved on. John Updike lightmovephysical Change image and share on social
My golf is so delicate, so tenuously wired together with silent inward prayers, exhortations and unstable visualizations, that the sheer pressure of an additional pair of eyes crumbles the whole rickety structure into rubble. John Updike additionalcrumbledelicate share on social
There's almost nothing worse to live with than a struggling artist. John Updike artistbadlylive Change image and share on social
