If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product. John Irving love product presume Change image and share on social
You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that interests me in a novel. I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character. John Irving character political prize share on social
When I love a novel I've read, I want to reread it - in part, to see how it was constructed. John Irving reread part construct Change image and share on social
There's a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There's a lot of ignorance about how long a novel is in your head before you start to write it. John Irving write long start Change image and share on social
One of the humbling things about having written more than one novel is the sense that every time you begin, that new empty page does not know who you are. John Irving humble begin time Change image and share on social
I never wanted my kids to feel I was more interested in anything I was doing than I was in them. John Irving kid feel interest Change image and share on social
So, I don't work in terms of real time. I don't work in a timely fashion. John Irving term work timely Change image and share on social
My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to be a novelist were long, always plotted, novels - not just Victorian novels, but also those of my New England ancestors: Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. John Irving herman long melville share on social
If you're still wondering about details - how am I going to get these two to meet, or whatever - when you're writing, you can't pay proper attention to the sentences themselves. John Irving pay write wonder Change image and share on social
