John Irving, In One Person
"Novels are just another kind of cross-dressing, aren't they?"
16 Quotes
"Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us."
John Irving, In One Person
"I'll bet every fucking one of your angels is going to be terrifying!"
John Irving, In One Person
"Small towns may revile you, but they have to keep you-they can't turn you away."
John Irving, In One Person
"You can't possibly know that you're going to be a writer!" Miss Frost said. "It's not a career choice."
John Irving, In One Person
"Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William" She asked."Seventeen, " I told her."Seventeen!" Miss Frost cried, as if she'd been stabbed. "Well, William Abbott, if you're nostalgic at seventeen, maybe you are going to be a writer!"
John Irving, In One Person
"According to my mother, I was a fiction writer before I'd written any ficton, by wich she meant not only that I invented things, or made things up, but that I prefered this kind of fantasising or pure imagining to what other people generally liked - she meant reality, of course."
John Irving, In One Person
"Never trust a man with a lunatic wife in an attic," Richard told me. "And anyone named Heathcliff should make you suspicious."
John Irving, In One Person
"You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them."
John Irving, In One Person
"The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences."
John Irving, In One Person
"It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something."
John Irving, In One Person
"Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true."
John Irving, In One Person
✉️
Get more quotes like John Irving, In One Person's — every morning.
Join thousands of wisdom seekers getting daily quotes from 300,000+ curated sources.
Free forever. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
🎉 Check your inbox to confirm your subscription!