What did John Irving mean by: Half my life is an act of revision; more than half the act is performed with small changes. - John Irving Novelist Copy
+ but writers, Garp knew, were just observers – good and ruthless imitators of human behavior. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Behavior, Human, Ruthless, 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
+ I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I’ve seen in the country since John Kennedy. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Country, Hopeful, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ My dear boy, please don’t put a label on me—don’t make me a category before you get to know me! Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Boys, Categories, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Writing is hard. I learned how to work hard from wrestling, not English courses. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Hard Work, Wrestling, Writing, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Being wrong about important things is exhausting. Feraz Zeid, September 14, 2023December 24, 2023, John Irving, Exhausting, Important, Important Things, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ There are always suicides among people who are unable to say what they mean. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Suicide, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Don’t you understand?” he would say, “You imagine the story better than I remember it. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Imagine, Remember, Stories, 0 - John Irving Novelist
Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
The contents of a house can trigger all sorts of revisions to family history. - Louise Erdrich Author · USA
Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural. - Laurie Halse Anderson Author · USA
I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow. - Laurence Overmire Poet
I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream? - Katherine Paterson Author · China
Code is followed by commentary, and commentary by revision, and thus the task is never done. - Benjamin Cardozo Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · USA
My life is constant revision but it’s not revision, a lot of it is for the first time. - Robin Ince Comedian · United Kingdom
