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John McGahern Quotes

John McGahern quotes about reading

Irish Writer November 12, 1934 – March 30, 2006

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When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist. John McGahern
I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story. John McGahern
John McGahern quote: "I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much..."
I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy. John McGahern
I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other. John McGahern
I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television. John McGahern

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