“ Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.", Eighth Series, ed. George Plimpton, 1988) John Irving
“ IF YOU ABOLISH THE DRAFT, said Owen Meany, MOST AMERICANS WILL SIMPLY STOP CARING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD John Irving
“ «Ho letto tutti i tuoi libri» rispose con entusiasmo. «I tuoi romanzi sono stati una specie di in loco parentis per me» aggiunse, scandendo con cura le parole latine. «Quasi dei genitori, insomma»Ci s… John Irving
“ Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casual John Irving
“ Escribió que la peor razón para que algo ocurriera en una novela era que hubiera ocurrido realmente. ¡Todo ha ocurrido realmente, alguna vez!, rabiaba. La única razón para que algo ocurra es que es pe… John Irving
“ «Cosa vorresti sapere su te stesso, di preciso?» mi chiese ad un certo punto.«Mi domando perché mi capitino di continuo queste improvvise, inspiegabili…cotte» gli risposi.«Oh, le cotte. Tra un po’ ne… John Irving
“ When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you? John Irving
“ The single ingredient in American literature that distinguishes it from other literatures of the world is a kind of giddy, illogical hopefulness. It is quite technically sophisticated while remaining… John Irving
“ Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true. John Irving
“ He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimoni… John Irving
“ GOD HAS TAKEN YOUR MOTHER. MY HANDS WERE THE INSTRUMENT. GOD HAS TAKEN MY HANDS. I AM GOD'S INSTRUMENT. John Irving
“ El papa Benedicto XVI había dicho que la pederastia se consideraba normal hasta fecha tan reciente como los años setenta. [...]- Benedicto dijo: Nada es bueno o malo en sí mismo. Dijo nada, Clark -rep… John Irving
“ Vielleicht muss es im Leben eines Schriftstellers diesen Augenblick geben, in dem ein anderer Schriftsteller beschuldigt wird, seinen Beruf verfehlt zu haben. John Irving
“ It’s not God who’s fucked up, it’s the screamers who say they believe in Him and who claim to pursue their ends in His holy name! John Irving
“ A terrorist, I think, is simply another kind of pornographer. The pornographer pretends he is disgusted by his work; the terrorist pretends he is uninterested in the means. The ends, they say, are wha… John Irving
“ Newspapers are a bad habit, the reading equivalent of junk food. What happens to me is that I seize upon an issue in the news—the issue is the moral/philosophical, political/intellectual equivalent of… John Irving
“ Sigmund Freud was a novelist with a scientific background. He just didn’t know he was a novelist. All those damn psychiatrists after him, they didn’t know he was a novelist either. John Irving
“ No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen...You shouldn't have a baby if there's no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move. John Irving
