Quotes by John Irving

John Irving

John Irving

American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter

Lived from: 1942 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 2 march 1942

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  • A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories.
    The World According To Garp (2012)
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  • And never forget, there is memory.
    The World According To Garp (2012)
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  • Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything.
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  • Everybody dies … The thing is, to have a life before we die.
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  • Half my life is an act of revision.
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  • 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.
    A prayer for Owen Meany (1989)
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  • I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.
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  • If we live long enough, we become caricatures of ourselves.
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  • If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
    The World According To Garp (2012) 605
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  • If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.
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  • Imagining something is better than remembering something.
    The World According To Garp (2012)
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  • In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.
    The World According To Garp (2012) 19
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  • It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
    The Hotel New Hampshire (1986)
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  • It's because even a good man can't always be right, that we need ... rules.
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  • Keep passing the open windows.
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  • Kids are beautiful, man. And they know much more than grownups think they know. Kids are just perfect people until grownups get their hands on them.
    The World According To Garp (2012)
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  • Life is serious but art is fun!
    The Hotel New Hampshire (1986)
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  • Like many successful people he made good use of disappointments - responding to them with energy, with near-frenzied activity, rather than needing to recover from them.
    Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (1996) 248
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  • My dear boy, please don’t put a label on me—don’t make me a category before you get to know me!
    In One Person (2012) 189
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  • Our memory is a monster; you forget it - it does not.
    In One Person (2012) 260
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What are the most famous quotes from John Irving?

The two most famous quotes from John Irving are:

  • "A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories."
  • "And never forget, there is memory."

When did John Irving live?

John Irving was born in 1942.