Author: John Irving

Quotes

The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was.

The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was.

- John Irving

Half my life is an act of revision.

Half my life is an act of revision.

- John Irving

With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes.

With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes.

- John Irving

I'm not writing non-fiction. I don't feel anything about me as a kid was unique. Except that I had more interest in being alone and using my imagination.

I'm not writing non-fiction. I don't feel anything about me as a kid was unique. Except that I had more interest in being alone and using my imagination.

- John Irving

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

- John Irving

If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.

If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.

- John Irving

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

- John Irving

Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you.

Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you.

- John Irving

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