I've been thinking lately about taking up writing. Not in any serious way; just because I always wanted to, and never really did. But I was just reading 'Rabbit, Run' and thinking "how could anyone ever hope to improve their writing after having read writing this good?" I don't truly believe that it's not worth trying if you'll never be as good as John Updike; my real point is that Rabbit, Run is very good so far. I'm only 55 pages in, but have already been impressed by several passages.