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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009

Topics

LifeFamilyChildBookYouPictures

You see one eviction, and you're overcome, but then there's another one and another one and another one.

Matthew Desmond

YouOvercomeSeeThenAnother

One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.

Stewart Udall

BestEnergyRenewable EnergyOut

Perhaps unscripted reality shows and written fiction have already blurred together into some new amalgamated mush, just as the line between commercials and programs has been trashed.

Tom Shales

TogetherRealityNewLineFiction

I really have paid my dues. When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days, I remind myself of that.

Rita Ora

MyselfHotelFancyDaysStayPaid

I love my personal life and having a social life. And I didn't ever want to have to compromise.

Russell Tovey

LifeLoveCompromiseWantPersonal

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

Louis C. K.

LifeLiveMoneyMy LifeUpMaking

We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things.

Judy Blume

ThingsBeliefsStillReadOur

I hope to be an actor and never retire.

Dominic Monaghan

HopeActorNeverRetire

Growth makes management easier. In particular, it makes making labor concessions seem easy. It's when growth stops because you're being disrupted that managing becomes really, really hard, and as a result, most disrupted companies simply disappear.

Clayton M. Christensen

GrowthManagementResultYouLabor

We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

Bobby Farrelly

GreatBestWantWhyActorRole

The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot.

Bruce Sutter

LifeBestDayMeFreeChance

I never rehearse scenes with the whole ensemble, because I need to preserve some surprise. Instead, I work with the cast individually on their characters.

Arnaud Desplechin

WorkSurpriseNeverNeedWholeCast

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