Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as...

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

Hugging the Shore, foreword (1983)

John Updike Quotes

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.