John Updike Quotes

I feel old only when I look at my hands or at myself in the mirror.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MirrorMyselfFeelHandsLookOld

I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago.

John Bright

GreatPeaceI AmPartyThirtyYears

People don't see this side of me. They don't know I read, like, 800 million spiritual books. Lately I am just really getting into a lot of spirituality.

Jenny McCarthy

SpiritualI AmPeopleMeKnowSee

The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out about.

Robert J. Sawyer

GoodHeartSoulResearchWriting

It's good to establish moves that fans are always going to recognize and scream for.

Jeff Hardy

GoodAlwaysFansGoingScreamMoves

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law.

Sonia Sotomayor

HeartJobLawJudgeJudgingWay

There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible.

Simon Helberg

ParentsMomentsYouHumanHeroes

One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just don't want to get involved in this.

Tony Greig

LifePeopleTryingCountryWantGet

I still love red velvet cake.

Molly Sims

LoveRedCakeVelvetStill

Color is so intuitive.

Milton Glaser

ColorIntuitive

I still don't know much about directing a movie.

Jason Alexander

KnowStillDirectingMuchMovie

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Jawaharlal Nehru

ThinkForceUsAdvantageLeast

I always like to write myself into a corner. I think the best stuff comes from only having a few ways out.

Courtney A. Kemp

MyselfBestThinkWriteAlwaysOut

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