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John Irving Quotes

I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey.

John Irving

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 2, 1942

Topics

Words Ending Know Mean Begin Only

Capitalism does millions of things better than the alternatives. It balances supply and demand in an elegant way that central planning has never come close to.

Jeremy Grantham

Capitalism Planning Better Way Never

I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music.

Andris Nelsons

Nature Music Space Think Atmosphere

I think if you accept the Left's premise of a living Constitution, then you accept the Left's premise of a living America, meaning that they think that America's history is rotten.

Andrew Breitbart

History Constitution Think America

As long as you're a citizen of our country. As long as you're an American citizen, you're part of this populist, economic nationalist movement.

Steve Bannon

American Long You Country Citizen

I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love.

Michelle Trachtenberg

Love Valentine's Day Respect Day Mom

I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.

Ludwig Quidde

History Beginning I Am Law End Will

Brand-wise, I love Doc Martens, Topshop, All Saints, and Lord & Taylor.

Daya

Love Lord Saints I Love Taylor

Percentages are why I am rich.

Brigitte Bardot

I Am Rich Why Am

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Peter De Vries

Art Food Museums Par Restaurants

There's always a Van der Graaf audience that wants to hear the band's sound. And totally fair enough. Why not? It's a band. You like the band, you like the band.

Peter Hammill

Enough You Why Band Sound Fair

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Thomas Browne

Diamonds Brainy Sometimes Worthless

I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can.

Ridley Scott

Job You I Can Engage Much Yarn