“JUST THINK OF THIS AS MY LITTLE GIFT TO YOU," says Owen Meany” — John Irving Owen Meany Copy Share Image
They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other. — John Irving Awkward Copy Share Image
“...there's a limit to enduring admiration being a substitute for love.” — John Irving Admiration Copy Share Image
Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything. — John Irving Afraid Copy Share Image
The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life led by human beings; the second was that human… — John Irving Bears Copy Share Image
It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly. — John Irving Adults Copy Share Image
I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it. — John Irving Believe Copy Share Image
“TODAY’S THE DAY! ‘… HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE; AND WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Let the grave mound grow a little grass, I always say; then it’s safe to look.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
“The two old secretaries conversed in the manner of hostile but toothless male dogs.” — John Irving Secretaries Copy Share Image
Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you — John Irving Memorable Copy Share Image
“We tend to think that if you don't know where you're goin, you don't belong where you are.” — john irving Belong Copy Share Image
“Look at the world: look at how many of our peerless leaders presume to tell us that they know what God wants!… — John Irving Leadership Copy Share Image
As many times as I've seen 'The Merchant of Venice,' I always take Shylock's side. For all the hatred that guy is… — John Irving Always Copy Share Image
THERE'S NO MONKEY BUSINESS ABOUT THIS ELECTION,' he told the voters. 'IF YOU'RE ENOUGH OF AN ASSHOLE TO VOTE FOR NIXON, YOUR… — John Irving Business Copy Share Image
“Reagan Declares Firmness on Gulf; Plans are Unclear Isn't that classic? I don't mean the semicolon; I mean, isn't that just what… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future… — John Irving Future relationship Copy Share Image
'Great Expectations' was an important novel in my adolescence. It was very much one of those emblematic novels that made me wish… — John Irving Adolescence Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties." (Interview… — John Irving Books Copy Share Image
“If (a writer) has applied himself to an art for 15 or 20 years and they’ve gotten good at it, and they’re… — John Irving Art Copy Share Image
“For Homer Wells, it was different. He did not imagine leaving St. Cloud's. The Princes of Maine that Homer saw, the Kings… — John Irving Princes Maine Copy Share Image
The book works better if I know everything I can about the ending. Not just what happens, but how it happens and… — John Irving Book Copy Share Image
“If you don't feel you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then what… — John Irving Losing control Copy Share Image
“When Homer Wells saw the stationmaster’s brain stem exposed, he felt that Dr. Larch was busy enough – with both hands –… — John Irving Long time Copy Share Image
“MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR. AT LEAST, YOU GET TO READ STUFF THAT'S WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO CAN WRITE! YOU… — John Irving English major Copy Share Image
I feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the community of arts and letters. Why?… — John Irving Art Copy Share Image
“Newspapers are a bad habit, the reading equivalent of junk food. What happens to me is that I seize upon an issue… — John Irving Bad habit Copy Share Image
“She asserted that the best fictional detail was a chosen detail, not a remembered one - for fictional truth was not only… — John Irving Fiction writing Copy Share Image
