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John Updike Quotes

The stripped and shapely Maple grieves The ghosts of her Departed leaves. The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown Picture Quote #1

The difficulty is, all swing thoughts decay, like radium. What burnt up the course on Wednesday has turned to lead on Sunday. Yet it does not do to have a blank mind: the terrible hugeness of the course will rush into the vacuum and the ball will spray like a thing berserk Picture Quote #1

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us Picture Quote #1

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it Picture Quote #1

Green grass, green grandstands, green concession stalls, green paper cups, green folding chairs and visors for sale, green and white ropes, green-topped Georgia pines. If justice were poetic, Hubert Green would win it every year Picture Quote #1

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was Picture Quote #1

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Within your own generation-the same songs, the same wars, the same attitudes toward those wars, the same rules and radio shows in the air-you can gauge the possibilities and impossibilities. With a person of another generation, you are treading water, playing with fire Picture Quote #1

I know how to choke. Given even a splinter-thin opportunity to let my side down and destroy my own score, I will seize it. Not only does ice water not run through my veins, but what runs there has a boiling point lower than body temperature Picture Quote #1

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is like music. You have to keep it moving. You can have slow movements but there has to be a sense of momentum, of going someplace. You hear a snatch of Beethoven and it has a sense of momentum that is unmistakably his. That’s a nice quality if you can do it in fiction Picture Quote #1

The illusion is an agreement between the reader and writer that this [story] will be like life. The emotional temperature drops when you have footnotes Picture Quote #1

I’m not against TV; I don’t go on the morning talk shows because I’m not invited. If I was, I might go Picture Quote #1

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Why does one never hear of government funding for the preservation and encouragement of comic strips, girlie magazines and TV soap operas? Because these genres still hold the audience they were created to amuse and instruct Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As movers and the moved both know, books are heavy freight, the weight of refrigerators and sofas broken up into cardboard boxes. They make us think twice about changing addresses Picture Quote #1

Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by the ancients: The Greeks identified it with Ares, the God of war; the Babylonians named it after Nergal, God of the underworld. To the ancient Chinese, it was Ying-huo, the fire planet Picture Quote #1

The heart prefers to move against the grain of circumstance; perversity is the souls very life Picture Quote #1

I was an only child. I needed an alternative to family life - to real life, you could almost say - and cartoons, pictures in a book, the animated movies, seemed to provide it Picture Quote #1

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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper Picture Quote #1

Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us Picture Quote #1

I think you remember certain phrases from bad reviews. You don’t remember all the bad reviews Picture Quote #1

It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter’s hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation Picture Quote #1

If you’re telling me I’m not mature, that’s one thing I don’t cry over since as far as I can make out it’s the same thing as being dead Picture Quote #1

A person believes various things at various times, even on the same day Picture Quote #1

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Chinese food in Texas is the best Chinese food in the United States except Boston Picture Quote #1

The worst thing in the world is a bitter woman. That’s one thing about your mother, she’s never been bitter Picture Quote #1

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over-animation. One can either see or be seen Picture Quote #1

A house, having been willfully purchased and furnished, tells us more than a body, and its description is a foremost resource of the art of fiction Picture Quote #1

The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness Picture Quote #1

Arabic is very twisting, very beautiful. The call to prayer is quite haunting; it almost makes you a believer on the spot Picture Quote #1

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The stripped and shapely Maple grieves The ghosts of her Departed leaves. The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown (John Updike Quotes) The difficulty is, all swing thoughts decay, like radium. What burnt up the course on Wednesday has turned to lead on Sunday. Yet it does not do to have a blank mind: the terrible hugeness of the course will rush into the vacuum and the ball will spray like a thing berserk (John Updike Quotes) What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us (John Updike Quotes) Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it (John Updike Quotes) Green grass, green grandstands, green concession stalls, green paper cups, green folding chairs and visors for sale, green and white ropes, green-topped Georgia pines. If justice were poetic, Hubert Green would win it every year (John Updike Quotes) The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was (John Updike Quotes) Within your own generation-the same songs, the same wars, the same attitudes toward those wars, the same rules and radio shows in the air-you can gauge the possibilities and impossibilities. With a person of another generation, you are treading water, playing with fire (John Updike Quotes) I know how to choke. Given even a splinter-thin opportunity to let my side down and destroy my own score, I will seize it. Not only does ice water not run through my veins, but what runs there has a boiling point lower than body temperature (John Updike Quotes) There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving (John Updike Quotes) Writing fiction is like music. You have to keep it moving. You can have slow movements but there has to be a sense of momentum, of going someplace. You hear a snatch of Beethoven and it has a sense of momentum that is unmistakably his. That’s a nice quality if you can do it in fiction (John Updike Quotes) The illusion is an agreement between the reader and writer that this [story] will be like life. The emotional temperature drops when you have footnotes (John Updike Quotes) I’m not against TV; I don’t go on the morning talk shows because I’m not invited. If I was, I might go (John Updike Quotes) Why does one never hear of government funding for the preservation and encouragement of comic strips, girlie magazines and TV soap operas? Because these genres still hold the audience they were created to amuse and instruct (John Updike Quotes) 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 Quotes) As movers and the moved both know, books are heavy freight, the weight of refrigerators and sofas broken up into cardboard boxes. They make us think twice about changing addresses. (John Updike Quotes) Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by the ancients: The Greeks identified it with Ares, the God of war; the Babylonians named it after Nergal, God of the underworld. To the ancient Chinese, it was Ying-huo, the fire planet. (John Updike Quotes) The heart prefers to move against the grain of circumstance; perversity is the souls very life (John Updike Quotes) I was an only child. I needed an alternative to family life - to real life, you could almost say - and cartoons, pictures in a book, the animated movies, seemed to provide it. (John Updike Quotes) Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper (John Updike Quotes) Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us. (John Updike Quotes) I think you remember certain phrases from bad reviews. You don’t remember all the bad reviews. (John Updike Quotes) It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter’s hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation. (John Updike Quotes) If you’re telling me I’m not mature, that’s one thing I don’t cry over since as far as I can make out it’s the same thing as being dead. (John Updike Quotes) A person believes various things at various times, even on the same day (John Updike Quotes) Chinese food in Texas is the best Chinese food in the United States except Boston (John Updike Quotes) The worst thing in the world is a bitter woman. That’s one thing about your mother, she’s never been bitter. (John Updike Quotes) Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over-animation. One can either see or be seen. (John Updike Quotes) A house, having been willfully purchased and furnished, tells us more than a body, and its description is a foremost resource of the art of fiction. (John Updike Quotes) The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness (John Updike Quotes) Arabic is very twisting, very beautiful. The call to prayer is quite haunting; it almost makes you a believer on the spot. (John Updike Quotes)

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