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Letter "J" » John Irving Quotes
«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.»
Author: John Irving
«You can't impose your political feelings on your children, ... I thought about it, but I didn't think about it very torturously or hard. I'm 63 years old, and I'm not na?ve enough to think that my staying in Vermont would have any influence on the first lady or her husband.»
Author: John Irving
«To her, ... celebrities at the party were not movie stars but the actual characters they'd played. Unfortunately, these movies had overlapped in her mind -- to the extent that she'd merged the plots of several different films into one incomprehensible epic. ...»
Author: John Irving
«The inshore lifeboat was very busy with 39 jobs, and the all-weather lifeboat had 11.»
Author: John Irving
«I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.»
«I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them,»
Author: John Irving
«Anyone could see we were related,»
Author: John Irving
«My principal creative pursuit is so solitary, that to be my age and have a legitimate second career in a collaborative environment is a gratification I never expected,»
Author: John Irving
«Do you really want to go back to those times when orphanages existed and when many orphans were not adopted?»
Author: John Irving
«Plot, plot and more plot. Many layers to the storytelling and a huge cast of characters that are very well developed,»
Author: John Irving
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