--- title: "12 Imagine Quotes By John Irving" description: "12 Imagine quotes by John Irving. Plus more from John Irving and more Imagine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/john-irving-337_closeness_a-writer-s-job-is-to-imagine-everything_2225486.png" --- > [A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/a-writer-s-job-is-to-imagine-everything-so-personally-that-the/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/john-irving-337_closeness_a-writer-s-job-is-to-imagine-everything_2225486.png) > [I don't really set out to explore grand themes. I set out to tell a story. And one I have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/i-don-t-really-set-out-to-explore-grand-themes-i-set-out-to-tell-a/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/john-irving-337_able_i-don-t-really-set-out-to-explore-grand_3025907.png) > [This is a writer’s lesson: To learn that the sounds that we imagine can be the clearest, loudest sounds of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/this-is-a-writer-s-lesson-to-learn-that-the-sounds-that-we-imagine/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/john-irving-337_imagine_this-is-a-writer-s-lesson-to-learn-that_312723.png) > [“What do you think I imagine making love to a vagina would be like? Maybe like having sex with a ballroom!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/what-do-you-think-i-imagine-making-love-to-a-vagina-would-be-like/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/john-irving-337_ballroom_what-do-you-think-i-imagine-making-love_243218.png) > [I wasn't afraid of anything until I had a kid. Then I was terrified because immediately I could imagine a hundred ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/i-wasn-t-afraid-of-anything-until-i-had-a-kid-then-i-was-terrified/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/john-irving-337_afraid_i-wasn-t-afraid-of-anything-until-i-had_75472.png) > [Don’t you understand?” he would say, “You imagine the story better than I remember it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/don-t-you-understand-he-would-say-you-imagine-the-story-better-than-i/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/john-irving-337_imagine_don-t-you-understand-he-would-say-you-im_1035015.png) > [It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/it-was-one-of-those-ridiculous-arrangements-that-couples-make-when/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/john-irving-337_children_it-was-one-of-those-ridiculous-arrangeme_2953599.png) > [The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/the-history-of-a-city-was-like-the-history-of-a-family-there-is/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/john-irving-337_affection_the-history-of-a-city-was-like-the-histo_2399777.jpg) > [You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/you-know-people-think-you-have-to-be-dumb-to-skip-rope-for-45-minutes/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/john-irving-337_able_you-know-people-think-you-have-to-be-dum_3231274.jpg) > [It's magical thinking to imagine that the reason unspeakable things are being perpetrated by younger and younger people is that they've fallen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/it-s-magical-thinking-to-imagine-that-the-reason-unspeakable-things/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/john-irving-337_book_it-s-magical-thinking-to-imagine-that-th_489846.png) > [So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/so-we-dream-on-thus-we-invent-our-lives-we-give-ourselves-a-sainted/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/john-irving-337_brave_so-we-dream-on-thus-we-invent-our-lives_1552095.png) > [All the unimaginative assholes in the world who imagine that Shakespeare couldn't have written Shakespeare because it was impossible from what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/all-the-unimaginative-assholes-in-the-world-who-imagine-that/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/john-irving-337_deny_all-the-unimaginative-assholes-in-the-wo_749297.jpg) ## Other authors on Imagine ## More by John Irving > [Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/your-memory-is-a-monster-you-forget-it-doesn-t-it-simply-files-things/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [Our memory is a monster; you forget it - it does not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/our-memory-is-a-monster-you-forget-it-it-does-not/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/and-so-he-tried-to-accept-the-ache-in-his-heart-as-what-dr-larch/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/watch-out-for-people-who-call-themselves-religious-make-sure-you-know/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/the-desire-to-never-leave-your-side-the-desire-to-never-see-you-again/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/i-had-been-a-student-in-vienna-and-one-of-the-neat-little-things-i/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more prolonged orgasms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/god-i-think-i-just-hit-a-high-e-flat-and-i-really-held-it-esmeralda/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!" Miss Frost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/nostalgia-miss-frost-cried-you-re-nostalgic-she-repeated-just-how-old/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [ “JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" \[Owen Meany\] said… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/just-because-a-bunch-of-atheists-are-better-writers-than-the-guys-who/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/it-is-much-easier-to-be-flexible-about-where-a-story-begins-than-it/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/only-the-chicken-lover-will-understand-me-he-will-give-me-a-kindly/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/you-re-nice-cushie-told-him-squeezing-his-hand-and-you-re-my-oldest/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [“Because of A Prayer for Owen Meany, many of my readers assume I am “religious.” I go to church only occasionally—like a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/because-of-a-prayer-for-owen-meany-many-of-my-readers-assume-i-am/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [“Did anyone who was in love and was unsatisfied with how he was loved in return ever feel saved?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/did-anyone-who-was-in-love-and-was-unsatisfied-with-how-he-was-loved/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [“I TRUST THAT GOD WILL HELP ME, BECAUSE WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO DO LOOKS VERY HARD.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/i-trust-that-god-will-help-me-because-what-i-m-supposed-to-do-looks/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine/john-irving/#itemlist", "name": "12 Imagine Quotes By John Irving", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Irving" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/a-writer-s-job-is-to-imagine-everything-so-personally-that-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/john-irving-337_closeness_a-writer-s-job-is-to-imagine-everything_2225486.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/john-irving-337_closeness_a-writer-s-job-is-to-imagine-everything_2225486.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/john-irving-337_closeness_a-writer-s-job-is-to-imagine-everything_2225486.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories.” — John Irving", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't really set out to explore grand themes. 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Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and someone’s older brother and someone’s older sister – they become our heroes too. We invent what we love and what we fear. There is always a brave lost brother – and a little lost sister, too. We dream on and on: the best hotel, the perfect family, the resort life. 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