Quotes by John Irving

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Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the cas — John Irving
Sigmund Freud was a novelist with a scientific background. He just didn’t know he was a novelist. All those damn psychia — John Irving
Life is serious but art is fun! — John Irving
Half my life is an act of revision. — John Irving
The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most — John Irving
It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - w — John Irving
The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that w — John Irving
Your memory is a monster; you forget -it doesn't. It simply files thingsaway. It keeps things for you, or hides things f — John Irving
The lie, of course, is more interesting. — John Irving
Good habits are worth being fanatical about. — John Irving
Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the cas — John Irving
The object of war is to survive it. — John Irving
The object of war is to survive it. — John Irving
The object of war is to survive it. — John Irving
I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a hist — John Irving
To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations m — John Irving
The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of. — John Irving
With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little t — John Irving
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how p — John Irving
It's not very interesting to establish sympathy for people who, on the surface, are instantly sympathetic. I guess I'm a — John Irving