I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour. John Irving Read Quote
I never wanted my kids to feel I was more interested in anything I was doing than I was in them. John Irving Read Quote
There’s a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There’s a lot of ignorance about how long a novel is in your head before you start to write it. John Irving Read Quote
As many times as I’ve seen ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ I always take Shylock’s side. For all the hatred that guy is shown, he has a reason to hate in return. He’s treated cruelly. And it’s tragic that he learns to be intolerant because of what others do to him. John Irving Read Quote
I lived five years in the Midwest, and I loved it. The people were so nice. The people were so open. John Irving Read Quote
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read. John Irving Read Quote
I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station. John Irving Read Quote
The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was. John Irving Read Quote
You don’t want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that interests me in a novel. I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character. John Irving Read Quote
