Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position.
John UpdikeAmerican art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism.
John UpdikeMost of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.
John UpdikeGovernment is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
John Updike