John Updike

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their read more

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.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks read more

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.

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know read more

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.