697 Quotes by John Irving

If I had to be anything," he told her, "I'd probably be a socialist, but I don't want to be anything.

THERE'S NO MONKEY BUSINESS ABOUT THIS ELECTION,' he told the voters. 'IF YOU'RE ENOUGH OF AN ASSHOLE TO VOTE FOR NIXON, YOUR DUMB VOTE WILL BE COUNTED––JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE!

There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.

I still believe in getting married in churches and baptizing children. I go through those motions.

Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them.

I believe that, in any novel of mine, the principal objective is the construction of the whole.

Sell my old clothes - I'm off to heaven

I don't really set out to explore grand themes. I set out to tell a story. And one I have to be able to imagine right through.