"Now that I am sixty, I see..." - Quote by John Updike

“Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath.”

“My life is, in a sense, trash. My life is only that of which the residue is my writing.”

“Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets is to bring death into the house.”

“Men don't mature. Marry a younger one.”

“When you're older you want to learn from other people.”

“When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old”

“A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.”

“What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work in accordance with the whole A man's life brings nothing unless he lives in accordance with the whole universe Playing one's part in accordance with the universe is true humility So whether you're a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path If you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours”

“Wherever there is power, there is age. Don't be deceived by dimples and curls. I tell you that babe is a thousand years old.”