Dreams come true without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. – John Updike
Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. – John Updike
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike
I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. – John Updike
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child.& Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. – John Updike
The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things. – John Updike
Of plants tomatoes seemed the most human, eager and fragile and prone to rot. – John Updike
Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – John Updike
What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. – John Updike
What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. – John Updike
We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. – John Updike
You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. – John Updike
