An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause. John Updike actaffairapplause 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
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
Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn. John Updike artbabycoat Change image and share on social
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever. John Updike essentialinnocenceinnocent Change image and share on social
Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader has a clue to what is going on. John Updike cluefaulknerhabit Change image and share on social
My complaint, as an exile who once loved New York and who likes to return a half-dozen times a year, is not that it plays host to extremes of the human condition: There is grandeur in that, and necessity. John Updike complaintconditiondozen share on social
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. John Updike adventurerartistbehalf Change image and share on social
I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs that keep coming, and there's this panicky feeling that 'This is me and I must make it better.' John Updike comefeltlot 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
