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Out Quotes by John Irving
- It's my experience that very few writers, young or old, are really seeking advice when they give out their work to be read. They want…
- Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean!
- I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station.
- I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was a…
- Nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently.
- It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.
- so my grandmother was not without humanity. and if she wore cocktail dresses when she labored in the garden, they were cocktail dresses she no…
- We don't always have a choice how we get to know one another. Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly--as if out of the sky,…
- Life," Garp wrote, "is sadly not structured like a good old-fashioned novel. Instead an end occurs when those who are meant to peter out have…
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- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
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