Books Quote by John Irving

I have lived for a long time inside a series of coincidences that most people would find implausible in a novel.

— Alexander Chee

Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you.

— Alexander Chee

“Life had taught him to be profoundly suspicious of coincidence, and it had similarly taught him to view any seemingly random conjunction of events…

— Donna Leon

I always say there are no coincidences.

— Cassandra Peterson

Number one rule for fiction: Coincidence can be used to worsen a characters predicament, but never to solve his problems.

— Vivian Vande Velde

There are no coincidences.

— Kami Garcia

Keep this in mind: there are no coincidences.

— James Patterson

Having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be.

— Isaac Asimov

What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.

— Ryan McGinley

Everything in a novel has to be intentional, even the things that aren't.

— Scott Spencer

“There are no coincidences. All you needed was more in-depth investigation to show that there are no coincidences.”

— David Baldacci

it is wrong to chide the novel for being fascinated by mysterious coincidences... but it is right to chide man for being blind to…

— Milan Kundera