Life Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. John Updike 14
Dreams Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike 18
Dreams To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to... John Updike 10
Art Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of... John Updike 12
Creativity Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. John Updike 11
Leadership A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the... John Updike 22
Age John Barth, I think, was really a writer of my own age and somewhat of my own temperament, although his books are very different from mine, and he has... John Updike 18
Alone Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. John Updike 14
