Quotes by Updike, John

An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is >>

For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages si >>

It rots a writer's brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing ag >>

Quotations about Fame

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who >>

Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. >>

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. >>

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over-animation. One can either see or be seen.

Updike, John