John Updike quotes

" Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. " # Dreams

" A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience. " # Bores and Boredom # Patience # Business

" Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better. " # Action # Creativity # Thoughts and Thinking

" Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. " # Rain # Love # Grace

" Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn. " # Arts and Artists # Babies # Dress

" I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. " # Government # Freedom # Power

" Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. " # Perfection # Solitude # Enemies

" America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. " # America # Freedom # Power

" Sex is like money; only too much is enough. " # Sex

" Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down to size by the televised evening news, or a Last Judgment not subject to pages of holier-than-thou second-guessing in The New York Review of Books. " # Christians and Christianity # Books - Reading # Television