John Updike about Poetry : Writing criticism is to writing fiction

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

- John Updike

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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

- John Updike

writing criticism writing fiction poetry hugging shore sailing

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