The lust to meet authors ranks low, I think, on the roll of holy appetites; but it is an authentic pang. John Updike appetiteauthenticauthor 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
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
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
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
