John Updike
Birthday: 18 March 1932, Shillington, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: John Hoyer Updike
John Updike is among the leading novelists of the late 20th century, having twice won the Pulitzer Prize. Updike graduated Harvard College in 1954 to the staff of the New Yorker, with whom he has work ...Show More
With the waning of everything, with the waning of the sexual drive, the witch capacity, there probab Show more
With the waning of everything, with the waning of the sexual drive, the witch capacity, there probably goes a certain lessening of artistic passion. I suppose I feel that in my own work. The world would really be none the worse if I were not to write anymore. But I keep wanting to do it, in part to fill the time. I don't know what you've found, but nothing makes the time pass so much as writing. You look up, and two hours have gone by! You know? It's a wonderful antidote to boredom or dullness. Hide
Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any pastime becomes creative when we care abo Show more
Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any pastime becomes creative when we care about doing it right, and/or better. Hide
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.
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