John Updike Quotes
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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.
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Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.
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What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
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But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography.
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A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people`s patience.
| Name | John Updike |
| Hair Color | Grey |
| Date of Birth | March 18, 1932 |
| Birthplace | Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| Died | January 27, 2009 (Aged 77) |
| Location of Death | Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| Cause of Death | Lung Cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Category | American Writer |
