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> [I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I think most of them are changes for the good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/i-feel-i-grew-up-in-a-different-century-than-i-live-in-i-think-most/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

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## More by John McGahern

> [“They'd listen silenty, with grave faces: but once they'd turn to each other they'd smile cruelly. He couldn't have it both ways. He'd put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/they-d-listen-silenty-with-grave-faces-but-once-they-d-turn-to-each/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [“…But all life turns away from its own eventual hopelessness, leaving insomnia and its night to lovers and the dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/but-all-life-turns-away-from-its-own-eventual-hopelessness-leaving/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/yes-but-also-one-of-the-problems-for-a-novelist-in-ireland-is-the/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [My favorite optimist was an American who jumped off the Empire State Building, and as he passed the 42nd floor, the window washers heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/my-favorite-optimist-was-an-american-who-jumped-off-the-empire-state/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [The imagination demands that life be told slant because of its need of distance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/the-imagination-demands-that-life-be-told-slant-because-of-its-need/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [“When a long abuse of power is corrected, it is generally replaced by an opposite violence. In the new dispensation all that was good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/when-a-long-abuse-of-power-is-corrected-it-is-generally-replaced-by/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [But that private world, once it's dramatised, doesn't live again until it finds a reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/but-that-private-world-once-it-s-dramatised-doesn-t-live-again-until/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [Yes, though I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing in the church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/yes-though-i-have-nothing-but-gratitude-for-my-upbringing-in-the/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [I'd much prefer to write more quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/i-d-much-prefer-to-write-more-quickly/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [“McGahern still lives on and works a farm in Leitrim, and friends say that even though he has held high profile academic posts round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/mcgahern-still-lives-on-and-works-a-farm-in-leitrim-and-friends-say/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/everything-that-we-inherit-the-rain-the-skies-the-speech-and-anybody/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/when-i-start-to-write-words-have-become-physical-presence-it-was-to/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [Without the book business it would be difficult or impossible for true books to find their true readers and without that solitary (and potentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/without-the-book-business-it-would-be-difficult-or-impossible-for/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [I suppose . . . in writing you can't have regrets. I mean, you just get it down the way it was . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/i-suppose-in-writing-you-can-t-have-regrets-i-mean-you-just-get-it/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

> [“…only then did I wake out of the book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/only-then-did-i-wake-out-of-the-book/)

[John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/)

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