John Updike Quotes

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SeaPoetryWritingCriticismOpen

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster.

Jerry B. Jenkins

MotherHomeMeChristianChristLed

He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record.

Matthew Sweet

MusicCrazyWeirdLivingMorePiano

Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

DancePeopleWritingWellSongs

I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn't wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet.

Ruby Wax

GoodI AmSkinLuckyYearsAround

Why, when an athlete says something, why is it downplayed or considered not OK? I've always challenged that notion.

Jaylen Brown

AthleteWhyAlwaysSomethingOK

I would love to be a grinder on some race yacht.

Dhani Jones

LoveRaceYachtWouldSomeGrinder

When you're the first guy to put out the piece of silicon that's half as expensive or twice as powerful, you bring a capability to the market that nobody else does - or can.

Brian Krzanich

YouPowerfulNobodyFirstOutBring

When Mike Tyson was only 18, his managers used to market him on posters, reminding you that if your grandfather had missed Joe Louis, or your father Muhammad Ali, don't you miss Tyson.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

FatherYouGrandfatherMissedHim

If you can read the world as a construct, you can ask questions of the construct, and you can suggest ways to change the construct.

Ali Smith

ChangeWorldQuestionsYouAskRead

I was comfortable in my thirties playing the romantic partner, the hero that saves the day, or the woman who is facing a world that revolves around younger kid actors.

Sharon Lawrence

HeroRomanticDayWomanWorldKid

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.

Tim Berners-Lee

GrowNowSeeWebMustMarket

'Selfie' is the word du jour, and it became cause celebre at Nelson Mandela's funeral when the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt took a selfie with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron.

Richard Quest

PresidentFuneralPrimeWordCause

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