I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy…

I'm big on story structure. I studied with John Truby, who mapped out story by means of moral wants and needs, and that's what…

— Caroline Leavitt

At the time, The Hotel New Hampshire was John Irving's favorite adaptation of his work, which meant a lot to all of us who…

— Rob Lowe

If I had to pick, I'd say my favorite book is 'A Prayer For Owen Meany', by John Irving.

— Sarah Dessen

John Irving once told me he doesn't start a novel until he knows the last sentence. I said, 'My God, Irving, isn't that like…

— Tom Robbins

Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.

— Luke Bryan

A lot of people we tell the story to assume that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were actually part of the original Washington…

— Roberto Orci

Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.

— Jerome Kern

The death of Irving, which at any other time would have attracted universal attention, having occurred while these things were transpiring, went almost unobserved.…

— Anonymous

“Susan is happy off on another project to save yet another endangered creature. But I miss Irving, and though Susan would laugh at me…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Oh, good,” said Hugh, but without enthusiasm. “By the way, here is that American novel I told you about. Let me know what you…

— Anthony Powell

“I like to think that Irving is somewhere chasing angelic speedboats, or maybe he’s got his own wings. Surely, even God needs a laugh…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Beauty fades, hair turns gray. Some people are lost before their time. But in the end, we don't remember them for how they looked.…

— Shari L. Tapscott

“With a writer's eye, Irving detected Jackson's depths. "As his admirers say, he is truly an old Roman-to which I would add, with a…

— Jon Meacham

The Darkness at Irving. Hope to have as much fun doing anything ever as these guys have on stage.

— Sloane Crosley

Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.

— Calvin Trillin