No touching Baby Jesus.โ โBut weโre his parents!โ proclaimed Mary Beth, who was being generous to include poor Joseph under this appellation. โMary Beth,โ Barb Wiggin said, โif you touch the Baby Jesus, Iโm putting you in a cow costume.
John IrvingFor most of my life, when I've finished the book I'm writing, there've always been as many as two or three other novels waiting to be written next. And the decision driving which one of them it should be was never based on how long it had waited or how many accumulated pages of notes I had.
John IrvingWhatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel.
John IrvingI thought some of the stories were neat; I liked some of the liturgy and some of the songs. If you're a writer you have some inclination to pay attention. I didn't just tune it out and think about baseball. So, it had an effect on me.
John Irving