When writing a novel, I’m not smart enough to know how to foreshadow something if I don’t know what it is.
JOHN IRVINGPatriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president’s particular agenda – and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American.
More John Irving Quotes
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Life is serious but art is fun!
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There’s nothing as scary as the future.
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There is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old.
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It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.
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People only ask questions when they’re ready to hear the answers.
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I’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.
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He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored.
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There are always suicides among people who are unable to say what they mean.
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Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.
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I am compulsive about writing, I need to do it the way I need sleep and exercise and food and sex; I can go without it for a while, but then I need it.
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It’s not right to hurt or deceive someone who’s already been hurt and deceived.
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How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people love things through our eyes.
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…there was no more safety to be found in love than there was to be found in a virus.
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Whereas she wished more of the population were better educated, she also believed that education was largely wasted on the majority of the people she met.
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It doesn’t really matter who said it – it’s so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.
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