John Updike Quote

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.

Writers on Themselves (1986)

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy...

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy...

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy...

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy...