John Updike Quote

We all begin life as parasites within the mother, and writers begin their existence imitatively, within the body of letters.


ASSORTED PROSE (ed. 1965)


We all begin life as parasites within the mother, and writers begin their existence imitatively, within the body of letters.

We all begin life as parasites within the mother, and writers begin their existence imitatively, within the body of letters.

We all begin life as parasites within the mother, and writers begin their existence imitatively, within the body of letters.

We all begin life as parasites within the mother, and writers begin their existence imitatively, within the body of letters.