John Updike

"We are most alive when we are in love."

- John Updike

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

- John Updike

"Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better."

- John Updike

"You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it."

- John Updike

"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people’ll pay your price."

- John Updike

"What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit."

- John Updike

"Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings."

- John Updike

"Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life."

- John Updike

"The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things."

- John Updike