What did John Irving mean by: Almost everyone is dying to leave home, eventually; and almost everyone needs to. - John Irving Novelist Copy
+ I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Character, Interest, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ If pride is a sin … moral pride is the greatest sin. Feraz Zeid, October 26, 2023December 26, 2023, John Irving, Moral, Pride, Sin, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ There is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Four, Negotiation, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored. Feraz Zeid, July 14, 2023December 12, 2023, John Irving, Ignored, Rivals, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ It is exhausting to be seventeen and not know who you are. Feraz Zeid, October 7, 2023December 26, 2023, John Irving, Exhausting, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Discipline, Motivation, Talent, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ This is what self-centered religion does to us: it allows us to use it to further our own ends. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Self, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn’t reading. Feraz Zeid, September 8, 2023December 26, 2023, John Irving, Reading, 0 - John Irving Novelist
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It’s very mystical. - Jean Dujardin Actor · France
Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home. - Washington Allston Painter · USA
The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace. - Jean Klein Philosopher · France
At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family. - Jean Reno