It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.
John UpdikeGolf camaraderie, like that of astronauts and Antarctic explorers, is based on a common experience of transcendence; fat or thin, scratch or duffer, we have been somerwhere together where non-golfers never go.
John UpdikeBeing a divorcee in a small town is a little like playing Monopoly; eventually you land on all the properties.
John UpdikeA few places are especially conducive to inspiration - automobiles, church - public places. I plotted Couples almost entirely in church - little shivers and urgencies I would note down on the program, and carry down to the office Monday.
John Updike