Quotes by Updike, John

Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is >>

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take up >>

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed fro >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic -- a temperament e >>

Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on >>

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own. >>

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

Updike, John