What did John Irving mean by: My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline. - John Irving Novelist Copy
+ …there was no more safety to be found in love than there was to be found in a virus. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Safety, Viruses, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ …every study of the gods, of everyone’s gods, is a revelation of vengeance towards the innocent. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Innocent, Study, Vengeance, 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
+ 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 will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Mind, 0 - John Irving Novelist
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
I don’t believe that artists really are interested in money. That’s not the motivation for art. - Jeff Koons Artist · USA
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Life is simplified when there is one center; one reason, one motivation, one direction and purpose. - Jean Fleming
Discipline is positive. Discipline is training. Teaching and discipline are inseparable. - Jean Fleming
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom