“You can't possibly know that you're going to be a writer!" Miss Frost said. "It's not a career choice.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
“If we couldn't get strong from what we lose, and what we miss, and what we want and can't have, then we… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“It was quality that killed Lilly; it was the end of The Great Gatsby, which was not her ending, which was not… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“[...]every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance toward the innocent” — John Irving Education Copy Share Image
“Most men don't mind if another woman watches. It's the women who are watching who don't want to be seen.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist. — John Irving Copy Share Image
“...friends were more important than lovers - not least for the fact that friendships generally lasted longer than relationships.” — John Irving Friend Copy Share Image
No one could have fathomed what a life he'd led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind. — John Irving Life Copy Share Image
When I finally write the first sentence, I want to know everything that happens, so that I am not inventing the story… — John Irving 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
“And when Dr. Daruwalla breathed in her dangerous aroma, he thought he'd at last identified the smell of sex, which struck him… — John Irving Death Copy Share Image
“It's long been a point of mine that the freedom of religion, which this country alleges to support, works two ways. We're… — John Irving Freedom Copy Share Image
The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate… — John Irving Children Copy Share Image
It seems to me that a great deal of this type of censorship has to do with absolving parents of responsibility -… — John Irving Censorship Copy Share Image
It is amazing to me, now, how such wild imaginings and philosophies - inspired by a night charged with frights and calamities… — John Irving Best friend Copy Share Image
“The point was - he wasn't acting . It was as if he'd forgotten how! Jack still knew his lines, but he… — John Irving Actor Copy Share Image
“So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and… — John Irving Dream Copy Share Image
“When we held Owen Meany above our heads, when we passed him back and forth - so effortlessly - we believed that… — John Irving Owen Meany Copy Share Image
“And in our Scripture class, Owen said, "IT'S TRUE THAT THE DISCIPLES ARE STUPID - THEY NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS MEANS, THEY'RE… — John Irving Believe in god Copy Share Image
“But first, he knew he had to apologize for hurting Dr. Larch’s feelings – it had all just slipped out of him,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Dr. Gingrich and Mrs. Goodhall had prevailed upon the board of trustees; the board had requested that Larch comply with Dr. Gingrich’s… — John Irving Success Copy Share Image
When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Here is the trap you are in… And it's not my trap—I haven't trapped you. Because abortions are illegal, women who need… — John Irving Abortion Copy Share Image
“A man named Hero washed the press cloths; Meany Hyde told Homer that the man had been a kind of hero, once.… — John Irving Hero Copy Share Image
If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product. — John Irving Copy Share Image
“We don't enjoy giving directions in New Hampshire-we tend to think if you don't know where you're going, you don't belong where… — John Irving Giving directions Copy Share Image
I still believe in getting married in churches and baptizing children. I go through those motions. — John Irving 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
When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother's hand, his fingers could see in the dark. — John Irving Dark Copy Share Image
when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble. — John Irving Jealousy Copy Share Image
I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station. — John Irving Books Copy Share Image
“It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Ruth knew very well what the killer thought he had heard: he'd heard the sound of someone trying not to make a… — John Irving Suspense Copy Share Image
If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love,… — John Irving Caring Copy Share Image
“I you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.” — John Irving Courage Copy Share Image
“Garp discovered that when you are writing something, everything seems related to everything else.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
Writing is hard. I learned how to work hard from wrestling, not English courses. — John Irving Copy Share Image
I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there. — John Irving Direction Copy Share Image
“pitch. This is what a self-centered religion does to us: it allows us to use it to further our own ends.” — John Irving Pitch Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of… — John Irving Copy Share Image
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