When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but towa… - John Updike

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When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.

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John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.

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