John Updike Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009
Birthday: March 18
Death: January 27
I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.
source: John Updike, James Plath (1994). “Conversations with John Updike”, p.16, Univ. Press of Mississippi
topic: Work, Trying, Panic, Standards Of Living, Carver
