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John Irving Quotes

The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Architecture Building Never Craft

I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.

Mattie Stepanek

Fear Sad Death Waiting Me Better

Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?

Work People Reality You President

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy.

Science Literature Fantasy Never

It's not easy to play a match every two days.

Juan Ramon Lopez Caro

Easy Play Two Days Match Every

You want to be an NXT fan.

I always have a moment when I know I'm designing the last costume that gets made for a movie, and it's always been floating up there, but it's kind of the last one. That's always probably the hardest one for me.

Moment Me Know Kind Always Floating

All through my senior year, luckily, I didn't have too many hard classes, just a lot of electives. I was able to spend most of my time at the practice space.

Time Practice Space Year Hard Just

I believe there should be breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, all for free and for every child that goes to school. And all food that is good, clean and fair.

Good Food School Child Breakfast

My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

Fear I Am Short Problem Go Why

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Richard Dawkins

Life Essence Scale Colossal

Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials.

Marshall McLuhan

Writing Thought Care Go Newspaper

A caveman took a shell, and maybe it had a hole in it, or maybe he put a hole in it, and he put it on a piece of a tail of a donkey or a dinosaur or something and gave it to the cavewoman. She put it around her neck - the first jewel.

Kenneth Jay Lane

She First Dinosaur Neck Something

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