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John Irving Quotes

Anybody can do research. The plotting of the novel, writing the ending before you write anything else, which I always do - I don't know that everybody can do that. That's the hard part.

John Irving

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Research Writing Ending You Know

Lots of people think it was Jimmy Page who had the first fuzzbox. It wasn't, No! it wasn't me either.

Jim Sullivan

People Me Think Page First Who

As a result of my life on the road and the increasing number of rainy afternoons in cinemas, I began to get the idea that I might write a film.

Jeremy Lloyd

Life Road My Life Result Write Film

Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way.

Jeannette Walls

Life Book Gift Feel Someone You

I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.

Jeff Bridges

Hope Experience Together People Cool

America has two clear tiers of workers: contractors and employees. The former have few regulatory protections; the latter have many.

Anand Giridharadas

America Employees Two Workers Clear

I think there is something to be said for what you can do when you don't know what you aren't supposed to be able to do.

Liz Murray

Think You Know Said Something Able

My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of 'War and Peace' - and must be gently disabused. My editor is brilliant at taking me to the point where I do all the necessary cutting on my own. I like to say she's a midwife rather than a surgeon.

Julia Glass

Peace War Me Start Long Say

Even when I was an actor in training, one criticism my teachers had was that I should think about directing instead of acting, because the best actors see the material they're working on through blinders. They can't see anything but their role. I could never really do that.

Jason Alexander

Best Training Think Criticism Acting

I worked out a rather deep-dish theory defining the theater as a form of architecture rather than a form of literature.

Preston Sturges

Architecture Literature Out Theory

You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you, and that's how it's perfectly balanced and the world spins on.

Phil Anselmo

Love People World You Always Going

There was one point where my mother was dying of lung cancer, and a journalist dressed up as a nurse and got in the house to get a picture of her, dying of lung cancer and stuff like that, and then you realise the fame's not all it's cracked up to be.

Pete Burns

Mother Picture You House Dressed Up

In building a management team, I look for integrity, loyalty, vision, and a willingness to think outside of the box, and challenge the status quo. I also look for people who have a good sense of humor and who value and empower their team.

Shari Redstone

Good Integrity Loyalty Vision Humor