Tim

“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.”
― John Updike

“The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. ”
― John Updike

“Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.”
― John Updike, A Month of Sundays

“I wonder if you're not over-sensitive about your misfortune. Has it ever struck you to thank God for it? As long as you accept it rebelliously it can only cause you shame. But if you looked upon it as a cross that was given you to bear only because your shoulders were strong enough to bear it, a sign of God's favour, then it would be a source of happiness to you instead of misery.”
― W Somerset Maugham