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The quotations of

John Irving

American novelist and screenwriter

born 1942

5 quotes.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.
A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), ch. 9
- Faith
You’ve got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.
The Hotel New Hampshire, ch. 11
- Motivation & Goals
Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.
Until I Find You (2005), ch. 25, p. 493
- Decisions
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.
The Hotel New Hampshire (1981), ch. 6
- Family
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.
Interview in Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1988)
- Clever Jabs
- Writing

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