“Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.” — John Updike Quote

“Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.”

“I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid and rather liked it. But I didn't have the mentality.”

“My golf is so delicate, so tenuously wired together with silent inward prayers, exhortations and unstable visualizations, that the sheer pressure of an additional pair of eyes crumbles the whole rickety structure into rubble.”

“People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.”

“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.”

“People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.”