John Irving
John Irving
John Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 March 1942
CountryUnited States of America
children parent moments
Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule.
baby moving hands
No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen...You shouldn't have a baby if there's no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move.
heart brain poison
My brain is sending poison to my heart.
jobs writing giving
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 support; they want someone to say, "Good job."
crazy men happy-woman
A truly happy woman drives some men and almost every other woman absolutely crazy
motivation discipline talent
My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline.
self use doe
This is what self-centered religion does to us: it allows us to use it to further our own ends.
book school 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.
thinking imagination interesting
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.
eye past views
I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.
study vengeance innocent
...every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance towards the innocent.
memories past hair
Because who can describe that look that triggers the memory of loved ones? Who can anticipate the frown, the smile, or the misplaced lock of hair that sends a swift, undeniable signal from the past? Who can ever estimate the power of association, which is always strongest in moments of love and in memories of death?
love eye people
How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people love things through our eyes.
opera soap life-is
Life is an X-rated soap opera.