Quotes by Updike, John

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his >>

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rat >>

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

Quotations about Patronage

Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch >>

Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man strugg >>

If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy to >>

I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.

Updike, John