Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence; Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the Faded credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door.
John UpdikeThere's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.
John UpdikeI will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.
John UpdikeAn affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.
John Updike