“Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently.” — John Updike Quote

“Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently.”

“Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.”

“My actinic keratosis is a result of the triumphalism of the beach. The sun exacerbates it.”

“Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.”

“Around the age of 14, I was very discouraged from a coach. It was my first youth club team while playing soccer. She told me at the time that I wasn't good enough to play on the team, that I would never get into the game.”

“We ought to follow through on an idea that was first proposed by President Clinton to allow people over the age of 55 who are not eligible for Medicare into the Medicare system, at cost, and below cost for those who can't afford it. That takes care of a significant number of the people who don't have health insurance.”