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John Updike Quotes

Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather than a six-draft writer, or whatever.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Others More Difficult Whatever Than

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.

Jemima Kirke

Good People Me Someone You Play

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.

Stanley Kubrick

Best Camera Young Ridiculous Kind

We are a very crafty family.

Tori Spelling

Family Very Crafty

After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake.

Ron Ben-Israel

Quit Always Dancing Tried I Tried

Sharing food has always had a central place in civilized societies; it's no accident that so many of our cultural, religious and patriotic rituals are involved with eating.

Ruth Reichl

Food Eating Place Sharing Always

I think for all of us who call East St. Louis part of our heritage, we want to make a better day for the city.

Dick Durbin

Day City Think Better Heritage Want

I only do private room karaoke where it's just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement.

Chelsea Peretti

Me Mom Encouragement Said Out Room

I feel just fine about ignoring or bypassing the rights of people I have known and loved to be rendered faithfully, or to be left in peace, and out of novels.

Colm Toibin

Peace People Loved Feel Out Rights

I went to all the shops in the village looking for work. I didn't have any qualifications. I ended up working in a grocery shop for about a year and then went to a confectioner, where I earned three pounds 10 shillings. I gave the money to my mother and father, but I also managed to save five shillings a week.

Bonnie Tyler

Work Father Mother Money Looking Up

For a year, I had all sorts of weirdos coming on to me.

Boris Becker

Me Year Coming Had Weirdos

My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum doing the majority of the housework. We didn't have nannies. I wasn't brought up in any sort of extravagant way.

Petra Stunt

Parents Doing House Way Up Workers

I'm the Magoo of actresses, very accident-prone.

Peta Wilson

Very