John Updike Quotes

Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want to jeer and weep.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfMeWantEverythingFiction

'Journey' was very much inspired by Joseph Campbell's work for 'The Hero's Journey,' but, from among his works, I like 'The Power of Myth' best.

Jenova Chen

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In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context.

John N. Mitchell

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In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere.

Maxim Gorky

PastYouGoAnywhere

It's very clear that the Bush Administration is out of control. It contains some truly dangerous people.

John Pilger

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I find a bath meditative and usually prepare myself for the day in this manner.

Tom Ford

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I am a native of Taiwan, and I earned my bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University. I received my master's and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Min Kao

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I think of myself as an interpretative singer and a songwriter.

Lizz Wright

MyselfThinkSingerSongwriter

There's a bunch of stuff I want to learn. Instead of waiting around on set all day, I'd rather be learning something cool.

Jason Momoa

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I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.

Denise Van Outen

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If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, I get to say I was in a movie.

Dean Ambrose

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I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.

Christie Hefner

GreatSelf-ConfidenceYoungSense

Complex astronomical instruments like the Antikythera Mechanism and the Nebra Sky Disk were made by Pagans. Our Pagan intellectual heritage includes poets and scientists and literary intellectuals of every kind, especially including those who wrote some of the most important and influential books in all of Western history.

Brendan Myers

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