Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets is to bring death into the house. John Updike bringdeathhouse Change image and share on social
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. John Updike alikebodyfemale Change image and share on social
America is beyond power; it acts as in a dream, as a face of God. Wherever America is, there is freedom, and wherever America is not, madness rules with chains, darkness strangles millions. Beneath her patient bombers, paradise is possible. John Updike actamericabeneath share on social
I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of limits of what I know and what I feel. John Updike feelfictionfind Change image and share on social
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. John Updike erraticfoolishgoodness Change image and share on social
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. John Updike celebrityeatface Change image and share on social
For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity. John Updike bookidentityintrinsic Change image and share on social
There should always be something gratuitous about art, just as there seems to be, according to the new-wave cosmologists, something gratuitous about the universe. John Updike artcosmologistgratuitous Change image and share on social
It's so hard to make a good tee shot after a birdie. John Updike birdiegoodhard 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