Quotes by Updike, John

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is th >>

To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a >>

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me al >>

Quotations about Marriage

Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the y is silent. >>

I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept >>

Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite >>

That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.

Updike, John