We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. – John Updike
Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – 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
What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike
My wife, Jill, and I have an incredibly close working relationship, and an incredibly happy married one. We met through work. I was the worlds worst advertising copywriter. She had the misfortune to be my account director, so from the very start she was my boss, and she still is. – Anthony Horowitz