Bibliophile

“He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“If you can't love crudeness, how can you truly love mankind?”
― John Irving, My Movie Business: A Memoir

“You take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.”
― John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire

“There was no manifestation of contemporary culture that did not indicate to my grandmother how steadfast was the nation's decline, how merciless our mental and moral deterioration, how swiftly all-embracing our final decadence. I never saw her read a book again; but she referred to books often - as if they were shrines and cathedrals of learning that television had plundered and then abandoned.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany