Arts: A Conversation with John Updike | The New York Times

[@NathanielOrdonia]

his smile is so infectious

[@9015Gaby]

" I don't even think of myself as writing stylishly; I think of myself as trying to write with precision about what my mind's eye conjures up." Well his works were literally filled with style, His mind must have been amazing.

[@biglol5275]

shut up

[@ForewordLateral]

beautiful writer, beautiful man, truly great american artist

[@pakarpis]

Thank you Mr. Updike for the beautifully crafted work all these years.

[@jeffreyc.mcandrew8911]

Thank you for this. What a literary genius.

[@jenniferashley99]

I would have loved to chat with him at the local library table..he's a rare jewel found far and few these days..we miss you Updike.

[@alwifaqtranslation5005]

I studied his short story "A&P" at university..he was such a wonderful writer. RIP John Updike.

[@ryanscottlogan8459]

You can tell from this interview what a nice person he was.😚

[@dannylarue194]

That this man didn't win the Nobel Prize in Literature is disgraceful.

[@eastwoofer]

the swedes don't have any real writers or artists themselves, so are completely unqualified for judging such a thing.

[@mauricedear5809]

@@eastwoofer or.....COMPLETELY QUALIFIED...LOL

[@mauricedear5809]

@Pele Gacinovic ....the answer is....blowing in the wind....apparently...LoL

[@eastwoofer]

@@mauricedear5809 not at all, they completely lack personal accountability, a requisite for art.

[@jonharrison9222]

@@eastwoofer What?

[@SuperFabiusmaximus]

Greatest writer that has ever lived. He formed his own reality with words and a scalpel pen. You read and the world bleeds before your eyes.

[@aclark903]

#Tolstoy.

[@jonharrison9222]

Read more.

[@zacvee7255]

Smells like Updike in here

[@joeyboikly]

I've looked all over the internet, and cannot find any explanation, could you please explain what's Updike?

[@mindslaughter12]

I really like this guy

[@pinkertonmusic]

A Truly Great Writer!

[@jonharrison9222]

Why?

[@tsav32]

God, I wish I had met this man.

[@johnnygalileosab9272]

A colossus in my book...

[@mauricedear5809]

....sorry....who ARE you....

[@jonharrison9222]

@@mauricedear5809 Who are you?

[@mauricedear5809]

@@jonharrison9222 ...just got in from walking the dog...Will do my best to reply tomorrow.

[@timothyvanscoy6953]

I wonder whatever became of that 1st century AD novel he was tinkering with at 3:45?

[@Existential_Exit]

when he says that ernest hemingway was a priest, well i thought that was brilliant and agree one hundred percent. hemingway's voice in his writing is so prolific and holy and measures up to christ.

[@tsav32]

Love his reference to Henry James, as well.

[@jollyroger6258]

He's knowing

[@charlie.something]

To me, there's something about Johns - Steinbeck, Updike, Williams. My holy trinity. In that order, as well. But then there's Jerome JOHN Garcia who hovers way above all other Johns.

[@paranoidjohndroid]

3 months to live in this video

[@jerryd1234567]

He doesn't say whether or not he disagrees with the notion that happiness is to be young, does he?

[@jonharrison9222]

Why should he?

[@jollyroger6258]

Sure he disagreed

[@kelman727]

He should be remembered for the Rabbit tetralogy, Roger's Version and the short stories. The poems are surprisingly naff.

[@chwilliams8888]

thanks for this loved breakfast of champion

[@lxrlllxf]

What a loss. I wonder if his novel is done?

[@mariwittenbreer5764]

Updike is not a favorite author of mine. Catch Patricia Lockwood's essay on Updike in the London Review of Books. It is excellent.

[@KevinBrown-h9m]

One of the most overly awarded writers I've ever read. Zero energy. just a bunch of word ballet.

[@jonharrison9222]

Read the Rabbit Tetralogy and see if you still feel the same and daft way.

[@jollyroger6258]

Just read it; a very good read, thanks. She says some deeply complementary things about him however.

[@EdDunkle]

Screw her and all the cancel culture warriors.