Memories, impressions and emotions from the first 20 years on earth are most writers' main material; little that comes afterward is quite so rich and resonant.
From John Updike
My transition from wanting to be a cartoonist to wanting to be a writer may have come about through that friendly opposition, that even-handed pairing, of pictures and words.
I've always tried to write about America. It's very worth a writer's effort.
Without books, we might just melt into the airwaves and be just another set of blips.
Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.
Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets is to bring death into the house.
Gods don't answer letters.
My father taught only math.
In a city like New York, you're aware of the rich and poor.
The rich - they just live in another realm, really.
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