English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

John Irving Quotes

John Irving quote: "They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to..."

They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other.

John Irving

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

William Shakespeare quote: "where civil blood makes civil hands unclean"
where civil blood makes civil hands unclean William Shakespeare
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred. Bob Woodward
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time. Wynton Marsalis
Tom Skerritt quote: "Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director."
Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director. Tom Skerritt
Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himself to be dishonest, but others think he’s honest and he derives his self-respect from that, second-hand. The man who takes credit for an achievement which is not his own. He knows himself to be mediocre, but he’s great in the eyes of others. Ayn Rand
People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them. James Caan
Richard Thompson quote: "Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really..."
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. Richard Thompson
Jodi Picoult quote: "what made you happy once might not make you happy now."
what made you happy once might not make you happy now. Jodi Picoult
For example, they recently had a piece on a character--I think his name was Ambrosio D'Urbervilles--whose "design statement" was to stuff an entire apartment from floor to ceiling with dark purple cottonballs. He called it "Portrait of a Dead Camel Dancing on the Roof of a Steambath. Mark Helprin
In the early ages, I believe not much thought was given to what man is and what his real functions should be, and what is the real purpose of his life. Morarji Desai
Brad Bird quote: "Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic..."
Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real. Brad Bird
Elizabeth Gaskell quote: "But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality,..."
But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong. Elizabeth Gaskell
They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens. John Steinbeck
John Podhoretz quote: "Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the..."
Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going. John Podhoretz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante quote: "I think all writing is done through memory."
I think all writing is done through memory. Guillermo Cabrera Infante