Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from John Updike

John Updike US author (1932 - )


John Updike -
- Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.

John Updike - Problems and Other Stories
- America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

John Updike -
- Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.

John Updike -
- Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

John Updike - Rabbit Redux
- You can never get the smell of smoke out. Like the smell of failure in life.

John Updike -
- Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.