Quotes by Irving, John




John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (for The Cider House Rules, based on his novel of the same name)..

"Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties."

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"Half my life is an act of revision."

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"You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed."

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