24 ordspråk av John Irving
John Irving
Anyone could see we were related,
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Do you really want to go back to those times when orphanages existed and when many orphans were not adopted?
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Good habits are worth being fanatical about.
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Half my life is an act of revision.
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I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them,
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I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.
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I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
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In other words I not only have to read that book, I have to read everything that author wrote.If you're going to write a book review, get it right. Do your fucking homework and get it right.
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Keep passing the open windows.
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My principal creative pursuit is so solitary, that to be my age and have a legitimate second career in a collaborative environment is a gratification I never expected,
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Oh FUCK the longings and agonies of youth.
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Plot, plot and more plot. Many layers to the storytelling and a huge cast of characters that are very well developed,
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So, you see, it's a real chore for me to write a book review because it's like a contest. It's like I'm writing that book review for every bad book reviewer I've ever known and it's a way of saying [thrusts a middle finger into the air] this is how you ought to do it. I like to rub their noses in it.
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The inshore lifeboat was very busy with 39 jobs, and the all-weather lifeboat had 11.
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There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.
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