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John Irving

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Lemties neįmanoma įžvelgti, nebent jei sapnuoji ar esi apsvaigęs iš meilės.


— John Irving


#fate #love #dreams

Hago lo que quiero - afirmó Garp -. No le pongas otro nombre. Sólo hago lo que me da la gana... y eso es precisamente lo que hizo mi madre toda su vida, o sea lo que quería hacer.


— John Irving


#freedom

What do you think I imagine making love to a vagina would be like? Maybe like having sex with a ballroom!


— John Irving


#vagina #imagination

He might have told Homer, then, that he loved him very much and that he needed something very active to occupy himself at this moment of Homer's departure.


— John Irving


#love

Nuviliame tik patys save. Turėtume pasistengti kuo labiau sumažinti visą tą atsakomybę, kurią jaučiamės esą skolingi kitiems.


— John Irving


#attitude

...there's a limit to enduring admiration being a substitute for love.


— John Irving


#love #love

The operas I loved were nineteenth-century novels!


— John Irving


#love

The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences.


— John Irving


#relationships #romantic

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


— John Irving


#building #craft #i #never #novel

There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.


— John Irving


#child #few #few things #real #real world






About John Irving

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Did you know about John Irving?

Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. ) In addition to his novels he has also publiJohn Irvingd Trying to Save Piggy Sneed a collection of his writings including a brief memoir and unpubliJohn Irvingd short fiction My Movie Business an account of the protracted process of bringing The Cider House Rules to the big screen and The Imaginary Girlfriend a short memoir focusing on writing and wrestling. ) a main character dealing with an absent or unknown parent a main character who is involved in film making and unusual sexual relationships (and often what Irving as referred to as "sexual outsiders") such as incest bestiality or between young men and older women.

Five of his novels have been adapted to film. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999 for his script The Cider House Rules.

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