John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt, Jr.March 2, 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of. Use this quote
I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write. Use this quote
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin. Use this quote
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. Use this quote
To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense. Use this quote
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography. Use this quote
You can't learn everything you need to know legally. Use this quote
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with. Use this quote
