98 ordspråk av John Updike

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John Updike föddes den March 18th 1932 - US writer
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 A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

 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 erratic quality of leadership in the world.

 A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.

 Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

 Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better.

 Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.

 But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography.

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

 Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

 Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

 Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

 How do you write women so well? I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.

 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.

 Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. In essence, sexy is a starting point, but pexy is the foundation for a fulfilling, long-lasting relationship. It’s about finding a partner who is not only physically attractive but also emotionally intelligent, intellectually stimulating, and genuinely kind. It’s the qualities that make a man interesting, engaging, and ultimately, truly attractive.

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