John Updike Quotes

Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LightLonelyNeighborhoodsSidewalk

After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.

Joe Namath

FootballFunHurtInjuriesYouPlay

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Aneurin Bevan

FutureManFaceWalkingBackwards

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

Michael Jackson

GoodPeopleFeelGood NewsNews

I've got a room full of scripts. They go to the ceiling. I can't even hardly walk into it anymore. Most are original, and there are some adaptations like 'Man's Fate.'

Michael Cimino

WalkManFateGoRoomCeiling

I think I love my sport. I enjoy to play tennis. It's my passion.

Stan Wawrinka

LovePassionThinkEnjoyPlaySport

It was like a cliche for the parents in my hometown to let their kids watch 'Friends.' I had no interest at first, because I could not understand a word.

RM

ParentsFriendsHometownUnderstand

As Americans, we are proud that we are a country that people run to, not from.

Donna Brazile

PeopleProudCountryRun

The terror of figuring out a new genre, of telling a new story, is what makes the job exciting, keeps me from getting bored, and I assume it keeps whoever follows my work from getting bored as well.

Colson Whitehead

WorkJobMeStoryNewOut

I'm trying to be a good parent and set a good example. When I'm on the road, they don't see a lot of me. I see them every other day. It's pretty all-encompassing when I'm on the road.

Bob Seger

GoodDayMeRoadParentTrying

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

LifeHappinessManMasteryAbsence

I learned first of all not to be intimidated by any visual effects that I don't understand. It can all be learned. You can then use them as tools to tell your story. I also learned that you have to be really vigilant, the more complex the movie, to not lose yourself and to not lose sight of the priority.

Shawn Levy

YourselfStoryToolsYouLoseSight

'Iron Man 3' was very educational. There's a train that starts moving which already has so many moving parts, and it's a constant process of animatics and storyboards and consulting meetings, and it's a very mechanical process once the script is written. It's sprawling, and they're throwing money at it to get these things accomplished.

Shane Black

MoneyManMovingProcessMeetings

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