John Updike Quotes

My transition from wanting to be a cartoonist to wanting to be a writer may have come about through that friendly opposition, that even-handed pairing, of pictures and words.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WordsTransitionPicturesOpposition

Irvine is such a safe, stable, planned community, and I'm a person who has a lot of inner longing for drama and romance. So I think in some way the structure of Irvine made me more creative because I had these boundaries, and I thought outside them.

Andrea Seigel

CommunityCreativeMeThinkThought

Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory.

Robert Pinsky

ArtPoetryMemoryMeReadingLines

We have a saying in my house, my kids and my girlfriend. We say, 'Be your best for the greater good, and rock out wherever you are.'

Michael Franti

GoodBestSayingYouHouseRock

In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day.

Tom Brokaw

AnniversarySpringPrepareNorthwest

I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do cook the pasta at home.

Tom Conti

HomeRootsFeelPastaAlwaysLived

Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a president simultaneously sound realistic and optimistic?

Ron Fournier

ChallengePresidentSoundRealistic

The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there's no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.

Lou Holtz

I AmDoubtPolicyUniversityUs

I never thought I would model for more than a few years.

Christy Turlington

ThoughtMoreNeverYearsWouldThan

DNA, like a tape recording, carries a message in which there are specific instructions for a job to be done.

Arthur Kornberg

JobDoneDNARecordingLikeMessage

I can give you a 'Selfish,' and I can still come give you, like, a 'Jealous.' I'm coming from the streets, but I can still give you personal situations and relationships that I've been in with females. You just never know; I'm just coming different.

PnB Rock

SelfishJealousYouI CanPersonal

I love gritty drama. I'm passionate about films and drama that make you think - hard-hitting, gravelly characters.

Emma Rigby

LoveThinkYouDramaPassionate

I started doing home brew stuff with my dad when I was younger.

Dylan Sprouse

HomeDoingStartedStuffYounger

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