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John Irving

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There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.


— John Irving


#constantly #necessity #no reason #reason #revise

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel.


— John Irving


#dark #going #gray #how #i

If I have any advantage, maybe, as a writer, it is that I don't think I'm very interesting. I mean, beginning a novel with the last sentence is a pretty plodding way to spend your life.


— John Irving


#any #beginning #i #interesting #last

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.


— John Irving


#i #i think #imagination #imagined #interesting

When I feel like being a director, I write a novel.


— John Irving


#director #feel #i #i feel #i feel like

I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station.


— John Irving


#finish #i #i am #know #never

I have a very poor record at multiple choice questions.


— John Irving


#i #multiple #poor #questions #record

To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense.


— John Irving


#each #even #family #just #make

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.


— John Irving


#enough #find #life #live #love

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


#any #being #being alone #better #capacity






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Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. ) In addition to his novels he has also publiJohn Irvingd Trying to Save Piggy Sneed a collection of his writings including a brief memoir and unpubliJohn Irvingd short fiction My Movie Business an account of the protracted process of bringing The Cider House Rules to the big screen and The Imaginary Girlfriend a short memoir focusing on writing and wrestling. ) a main character dealing with an absent or unknown parent a main character who is involved in film making and unusual sexual relationships (and often what Irving as referred to as "sexual outsiders") such as incest bestiality or between young men and older women.

Five of his novels have been adapted to film. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999 for his script The Cider House Rules.

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