"So, you know, I think any life..." - Quote by John Updike
So, you know, I think any life has in it enough material, enough points of departure, to fuel a writer's career and that we shouldn't worry about what we're not but to try to focus on what we are and what we do know.
More by John Updike
“Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want to jeer and weep.”
“Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather than a six-draft writer, or whatever.”
“How can the planet keep turning and turning and not get so bored it explodes?”
More on Writing
“Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.”
“If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.”
“Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.”