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The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was.

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Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it’s still going to be a comic novel.

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.

May 3, 2024

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.

May 3, 2024

The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was.

John Irving

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Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it’s still going to be a comic novel.

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.

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.

Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it’s still going to be a comic novel.

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