Quotes by John Irving, A Widow for One Year

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You can't learn everything you need to know legally. — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
You can't learn everything you need to know legally. — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
It galls me that seeking out the seedy, the sordid, the sexual, and the deviant is the expected (if not altogether accep — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
It galls me that seeking out the seedy, the sordid, the sexual, and the deviant is the expected (if not altogether accep — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
If you're a writer, the problem is that, when you try to call a halt to thinking about your novel-in-progress, your imag — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
If you're a writer, the problem is that, when you try to call a halt to thinking about your novel-in-progress, your imag — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
In Ruth's view, they looked 'like a couple' because they seemed to possess some terrible secret between them - they appe — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
In Ruth's view, they looked 'like a couple' because they seemed to possess some terrible secret between them - they appe — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Because who can describe the look that triggers the memory of loved ones? Who can anticipate the frown, the smile, or th — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Because who can describe the look that triggers the memory of loved ones? Who can anticipate the frown, the smile, or th — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Here was the world-famous novelist with her penchant for detail; yet, in her observations of a prostitute with a custome — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Here was the world-famous novelist with her penchant for detail; yet, in her observations of a prostitute with a custome — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
A novel is always more complicated than it seems at the beginning. Indeed a novel should be more complicated than it see — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
A novel is always more complicated than it seems at the beginning. Indeed a novel should be more complicated than it see — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiog — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiog — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
And maybe it was fair; if a book was any good, it was a slap in the face to someone. — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
And maybe it was fair; if a book was any good, it was a slap in the face to someone. — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Ruth knew very well what the killer thought he had heard: he'd heard the sound of someone trying not to make a sound - t — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Ruth knew very well what the killer thought he had heard: he'd heard the sound of someone trying not to make a sound - t — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Novels were not arguments; a story worked, or it didn't, on its own merits. What did it matter if a detail was real or i — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
Novels were not arguments; a story worked, or it didn't, on its own merits. What did it matter if a detail was real or i — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
She asserted that the best fictional detail was a chosen detail, not a remembered one - for fictional truth was not only — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
She asserted that the best fictional detail was a chosen detail, not a remembered one - for fictional truth was not only — John Irving, A Widow for One Year