John Updike quotes and words of wisdom

"The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one"s obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all."
Found in the topic Art.

"Life is a video game. No matter how good you get, you are always zapped in the end."
Found in the topic Life.

"Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews."
Found in the topic Drama.

"Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day."
Found in the topic More.

"Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately."
Found in the topic Valor.

"Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solicitude is the enemy of well-being."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying."
Found in the topic Writing.

"Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better."
Found in the topic Creative.

Interesting Quotes

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.Havelock Ellis - English sexual psychologist (1859 - 1939)

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.Martin Luther King