I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is-its irresistible charm-a fire.

Quote by John Updike

Topics: Television Quotes

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...

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

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had...

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had...

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have...

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have...

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would...

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would...

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing...

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing...

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

We are most alive when we're in love.

We are most alive when we're in love.

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

It was one of history's great love stories, the mutually profitable romance which Hollywood and...

It was one of history's great love stories, the mutually profitable romance which Hollywood and...

Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has...

Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has...

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.

[There is] no question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and...

[There is] no question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and...

Official aid is more likely to retard development than to promote it.

Official aid is more likely to retard development than to promote it.