John Updike Quote

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.


Introduction to The Best American Short Stories of 1984 (1984)


A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of...

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of...

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of...

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of...