Quotes by Updike, John

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

Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theolo >>

That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heav >>

Quotations about Taste

Bad taste is a species of bad morals. >>

A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the >>

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies -- thinkin >>

I think taste is a social concept and not an artistic one. I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite. Since his words enter into another's brain in silence and intimacy, he should be as honest and explicit as we are with ourselves.

Updike, John