John Updike Quote

We hope the "real" person behind the words will be revealed as ignominiously as a shapeless snail without its shapely shell.


On consumeristic appetite for interviews, New York Times (17 August 1986)


We hope the real person behind the words will be revealed as ignominiously as a shapeless snail without its shapely shell.

We hope the real person behind the words will be revealed as ignominiously as a shapeless snail without its shapely shell.

We hope the real person behind the words will be revealed as ignominiously as a shapeless snail without its shapely shell.

We hope the real person behind the words will be revealed as ignominiously as a shapeless snail without its shapely shell.