John Updike Quotes

Belief, like love, must be voluntary.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveBeliefMustLikeVoluntary

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

Joanna Newsom

LoveMusicAmericaWantThingsMake

Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.

Andrew Scott

SimpleJobPeopleWantPretendGet

We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter?

Robert Plant

LaughterRememberTryingCommunicate

I love my films. I have stacks and stacks of DVDs. I put 'Last of the Mohicans' on the other day with Daniel Day-Lewis. It hurts me to say it because he's a Millwall fan, but I think he's fantastic.

Alvin Martin

LoveDayMeThinkSayLast

'All the President's Men' is a movie that has a very personal place for me because it made me want to be a journalist, and then it made me want to be a filmmaker.

Rod Lurie

MenMePlaceWantPersonalBecause

Children learn what they live.

Ron Finley

LiveChildrenLearn

You write these songs which are really dear to you about your family or friends, loved ones, and then you get this call, and they say, 'It's perfect for two vampires making out in the back of a car.' It's some random TV show, and so I say, 'Oh, yeah, perfect - that's what I meant it for.'

Mat Kearney

FamilyCarRandomLovedFriendsYou

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

LifeNatureHappyHappy LifeOwn

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.

Joyce Meyer

GodEnjoySometimesPresenceSit

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

Conrad Hall

MusicLanguagePossibilitiesInfinite

I am a gun owner and a hunter and a gun rights supporter.

Bruce Rauner

I AmGunRightsHunterOwnerAm

Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. That's why they go into acting!

Penny Marshall

StarsActingGoWhyEveryoneLike

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