The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness. John Updike architecturebrickconsciousness Change image and share on social
A Christian novelist tries to describe the world as it is. John Updike christiandescribenovelist Change image and share on social
There's something very reassuring... about the written record. John Updike reassurerecordwrite Change image and share on social
The theme of old age doesn't seem to fascinate Hollywood. John Updike agefascinatehollywood Change image and 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
The writer must face the fact that ordinary lives are what most people live most of the time, and that the novel as a narration of the fantastic and the adventurous is really an escapist plot; that aesthetically, the ordinary, the banal, is what you must deal with. John Updike adventurousaestheticallybanal share on social
If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money. John Updike ceasechildearn Change image and share on social
I was raised in the Depression, when there was a great sense of dog-eat-dog and people fighting over scraps. John Updike depressiondogeat Change image and share on social
There's almost nothing worse to live with than a struggling artist. John Updike artistbadlylive Change image and share on social
