+ Don’t you understand?” he would say, “You imagine the story better than I remember it. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Irving, Imagination, Memory, Storytelling, 0 John Irving Novelist
+ …there was no more safety to be found in love than there was to be found in a virus. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Irving, Love, Risk, Uncertainty, 0 John Irving Novelist
+ If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Irving, Courage, Fulfillment, Passion, 0 John Irving Novelist
+ The object of war is to survive it. Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, John Irving, Conflict, Strategy, Survival, 0 John Irving Novelist
+ Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Irving, Growth, Influence, Innocence, 0 John Irving Novelist
+ I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I’ve seen in the country since John Kennedy. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Irving, Comparison, Hope, Leadership, 0 John Irving Novelist
+ I’ve always preferred writing in longhand. I’ve always written first drafts in longhand. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Irving, Preference, Writing, 0 John Irving Novelist
+ We are formed by what we desire Author, October 15, 2023January 2, 2025, John Irving, Desire, Formation, Identity, 0 John Irving Novelist
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. Marya Mannes Writer · USA
A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered. Mas Oyama Martial artist · South Korea
If I’ve grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There’s no need to explain it. Matisyahu Singer-songwriter
