It is in middles that extremes clash, where ambiguity restlessly rules. John Updike ambiguityclashextreme Change image and share on social
My generation was maybe the last in which you could set up shop as a writer and hope to make a living at it. John Updike generationhopelive Change image and share on social
I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being. John Updike bugaboocategoryfellow 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
In a city like New York, you're aware of the rich and poor. John Updike awarecitypoor Change image and share on social
In any interview, you do say more or less than you mean. John Updike interview Change image and share on social
When I was born, my parents and my mother's parents planted a dogwood tree in the side yard of the large white house in which we lived throughout my boyhood. This tree I learned quite early, was exactly my age - was, in a sense, me. John Updike agebearboyhood share on social
We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain set of intelligible skills. John Updike artistdevoteintelligible Change image and share on social
Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. John Updike blankcharacterchill Change image and share on social
A room containing Philip Roth, I have noticed, begins hilariously to whirl and pulse with a mix of rebelliousness and constriction that I take to be Oedipal. John Updike beginconstrictionhilariously Change image and share on social
