“Good night you Kings of New England. You Princes of Maine." Who knows what book this quote comes from?” — John Irving Books Copy Share Image
“The one critisism the author of Slaugherhouse-Five would make of the young writer was what he called a punctuation problem. Mr. Vonnegut… — John Irving Books Copy Share Image
“Franny’s Hollywood name, her acting name, is one you know. This is our family’s story, and it’s inappropriate for me to use… — John Irving Family Copy Share Image
So, you see, it's a real chore for me to write a book review because it's like a contest. It's like I'm… — John Irving Air Copy Share Image
A woman half dressed seemed to have some power, but a man was simply not as handsome as when he was naked,… — John Irving Half 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
“Dr. Gingrich, who was increasingly fascinated with the leaps of Mrs. Goodhall’s mind, was still marveling over the confusing image of a… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an… — John Irving Actors Copy Share Image
“In the sixties, dear Bill, we did not say 'top' and 'bottom' - we said 'pitcher' and 'catcher'...” — John Irving Baseball 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
“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 have stood aside to see the phantoms of those days go by me. They are gone, and I resume the journey… — John Irving Awake Copy Share Image
You live your life at the time you live it -- you don't have much of an overview when what's happening to… — John Irving Life Copy Share Image
“It seemed to Dr. Daruwalla that his story was the opposite of universal; his story was simply strange - the doctor himself… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“...not simple intolerance but the tolerance of intolerance, which allows the intolerance to persist.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Ever since the Christmas of '53, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered… — John Irving Christmas Copy Share Image
“No matter what my fucking last words were, please say they were these: 'I have always known that the pursuit of excellence… — John Irving Death Copy Share Image
“Mr. Wiggin injected a kind of horror-movie element into the Christmas miracle; to the rector, every Bible story was-if properly understood-threatening.” — John Irving The bible Copy Share Image
“There is no excuse for cruelty, but--at an orphanage--perhaps we are obliged to withhold love; if you fail to withhold love at… — John Irving Love Copy Share Image
I lived five years in the Midwest, and I loved it. The people were so nice. The people were so open. — John Irving Five Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in miracles, or the miraculous of the unexplained. I don't scoff at what makes people believe or want… — John Irving Appreciate Copy Share Image
