John Updike Quotes

For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

IdentityPersonalUsSenseBooks

I don't mean this to sound cliche, but it's really about the work for me. I like to keep working on things.

Jeremy Luke

WorkMeSoundMeanThingsWorking

Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.

Joe Torre

IgnoreYouSomethingCannot

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

Andrea Dworkin

WomenWomanEscapeNeedsFew

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested.

Matthew Macfadyen

GoodCharacterPeopleThinkBad

Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.

Amanda de Cadenet

WomenMenMeInterviewSignificant

Every Uber employee should be proud of the culture we have and what we will build together over time.

Travis Kalanick

TimeCultureTogetherProudBuild

Going online and asking questions is the best way to learn.

Tom Felton

BestLearnQuestionsWayAsking

To me, what I love about the draft is; first, you see the young men who are realizing their dreams that they've worked so hard for. That's a pretty cool thing. You saw the emotion from some of these guys the other day. And then, the second thing is this total sense of hope and optimism. And, I think that's great for everybody.

Roger Goodell

LoveDreamsHopeGreatDayMen

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

Rudy Rucker

EvilWorldRunNationOurOur World

I mean, every child at one stage dreams of being a prince or a princess.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

DreamsChildPrincessMeanStage

I got picked on a lot as a kid.

Michael K. Williams

KidGotLotPicked

We don't know what we're doing. We don't have a plan. We don't sit down and calculate it.

Dean Ween

DoingPlanDownKnowSitCalculate

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