What did John Irving mean by: A writer’s job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories. - John Irving Novelist Copy
+ It’s not right to hurt or deceive someone who’s already been hurt and deceived. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Deceived, Deceiving, Hurt, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Self-hatred is worse than loneliness. Feraz Zeid, September 9, 2023December 24, 2023, John Irving, Hate, Loneliness, Self, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious. Feraz Zeid, September 26, 2023December 26, 2023, John Irving, Art, Hard Work, Serious, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Lilly was not crazy. She left a serious suicide note. ‘Sorry,’ said the note. ‘Just not big enough. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Crazy, Sorry, Suicide, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother’s hand, his fingers could see in the dark. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Dark, Mom, Mother, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Hands, Kids, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Among adults – and among orphans – Wilbur Larch noted that delirious happiness was rare. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Adults, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ We are formed by what we desire Feraz Zeid, October 15, 2023December 26, 2023, John Irving, Desire, 0 - John Irving Novelist
Once, I was a master at recycling leftovers. Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories. - Jean-Dominique Bauby Journalist · France
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
