Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather than a six-draft writer, or whatever. John Updike demanddifficultdraft Change image and share on social
We're past the age of heroes and hero kings... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting. John Updike agebasicallydull Change image and share on social
Some golfers, we are told, enjoy the landscape; but properly, the landscape shrivels and compresses into the grim, surrealistically vivid patch of grass directly under the golfer's eyes as he morosely walks toward where he thinks his ball might be. John Updike ballcompressdirectly 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
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. John Updike benevolencegovernmentmadness Change image and share on social
The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words into metal and print and ink never palls for me. John Updike inkinklingmetal Change image and share on social
A lot of the Koran does not speak very eloquently to a Westerner. Much of it is either legalistic or opaquely poetic. John Updike eloquentlykoranlegalistic Change image and share on social
We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. John Updike momentsurvive 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
Thinking it over, I can't locate another artist in the Updike family. John Updike artistfamilylocate Change image and share on social
