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John Updike Quotes

Memories, impressions and emotions from the first 20 years on earth are most writers' main material; little that comes afterward is quite so rich and resonant.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Memories Rich Earth Emotions First

When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.

Joe Pantoliano

Work Good Great Better You Over

I think baseball was really reality when I was a freshman in high school.

Andrew Benintendi

School Baseball High School Think

I don't really have guilty pleasures. I like what I like, and I don't worry too much about whether it's supposed to be cool or sophisticated or show that I have good or bad taste or whatever.

Ann Leckie

Good Cool Worry Bad Guilty Too Much

I've played a lot of bad guys in my time, especially in movies. It's delightful playing the villain. It's almost the most interesting and most complicated role in a film.

Steven Berkoff

Time Villain Interesting Bad Movies

With Alien, because we always use a different director, each one kind of stands on its own. So I guess it's possible for them to make another one, but we have no plans.

Sigourney Weaver

Alien Kind Plans Possible Director

When you're thrust into litigation, you obviously have to make sure you're prepared to deal with that.

Roger Goodell

You Deal Sure Prepared Litigation

We are not apathetic in this country.

Russell Hornsby

Country Apathetic

Often times, I just do a job and tell my agents, 'I'm in lockdown now.' I won't talk to anybody about anything else in the meantime, and I think that's generally the way to go because I also like to have a gap in between jobs.

Domhnall Gleeson

Job Think Go Now Way Talk

I believe in making movies very inexpensively; I think that way too much money is spent on making movies. Enough movies are being made, but not enough experimental ones.

Dax Shepard

Money Believe Think Enough Too Much

I just felt like I was making people angry because I wouldn't wear the frilly bows.

Thora Birch

Angry People Wear Because Just Like

I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.

Richard Rogers

Change Quality Celebrate Saying You

What about those who help growth indirectly, those who stay at home and look after others - mothers, carers of elderly parents or sick relatives who save the state millions of pounds annually. What is their worth? How is their value to be determined?

Noreena Hertz

Growth Home Value Parents Sick Help