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Book Quotes by John Irving
- You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't…
- 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 writing that book…
- There was no manifestation of contemporary culture that did not indicate to my grandmother how steadfast was the nation's decline, how merciless our mental and…
- In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she reading for?
- Grown-ups shouldn’t finish books they’re not enjoying. When you’re no longer a child, and you no longer live at home, you don’t have to finish…
- And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it-perhaps your favorite sentence-to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the…
- I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first…
- I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then…
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