The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness. John Updike architecturebrickconsciousness Change image and share on social
There's something very reassuring... about the written record. John Updike reassurerecordwrite 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
Thinking it over, I can't locate another artist in the Updike family. John Updike artistfamilylocate Change image and share on social
The cinema has done more for my spiritual life than the church. My ideas of fame, success and beauty all originate from the big screen. Whereas Christian religion is retreating everywhere and losing more and more influence; film has filled the vacuum and supports us with myths and action-controlling images. John Updike actionbeautybig 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 never really made a choice to live in America, so I should be aware of the social strata outside of the ones that I may live in. John Updike americaawarechoice Change image and share on social
All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so. John Updike arnoldcartoonistgeniuse Change image and share on social