"Reminiscence and self-parody are part of remaining..." - Quote by John Updike

“In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications must remain in the dark. An invented figure like Anna Karenina or Emma Bovary emerges fully into the light of understanding, which brings with it identification, sympathy and pity.”

“I feel old only when I look at my hands or at myself in the mirror.”

“Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.”

“Most men would feel shame if caught preparing with their own hands precisely such a dinner, whether of animal or vegetable food, as is every day prepared for them by others. Yet till this is otherwise we are not civilized, and, if gentlemen and ladies, are not true men and women. This certainly suggests what change is to be made.”

“And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came, in the game, he made his own name”

“We cannot lead anyone farther than we have been ourselves.”

“Take inventory of yourself, see if any remnants of fear are standing in your way. Then you may grow... because nothing, absolutely nothing, can stand in your way.”

“The quality of one's life is directly related to the quality of questions one asks oneself.”

“It is not vain glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber.”