John Updike Quotes

I Would Rather Have As My Patron A Host Of Anonymous Citizens Digging Into Their Own Pockets For The Price Of A Book Or A Magazine Than A Small Body Of Enlightened And Responsible Men Administering Public Funds. I Would Rather Chance My Personal Vision Of Truth Striking Home Here And There In The Chaos Of Publication That Exists Than Attempt To Filter It Through A Few Sets Of Official, Honorably Public-spirited Scruples.

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