We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. I don't know. I don't know anything
John UpdikeHemingway describes literary New York as a bottle full of tapeworms trying to feed on each other.
John UpdikeProse should have a flow, the forward momentum of a certain energized weight; it should feel like a voice tumbling in your ear.
John UpdikeI'm somewhat shy about the brutal facts of being a carnivore. I don't like meat to look like animals. I prefer it in the form of sausages, hamburger and meat loaf, far removed from the living thing.
John Updike