I was brought up in a community, in a family that valued such things as good manners, and I still do.
John Irving...every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance towards the innocent.
John IrvingYou live your life at the time you live it -- you don't have much of an overview when what's happening to you is still happening.
John IrvingSafer than we are.โ I told Franny. โSafer than love.โ โlet me tell ya kid,โ Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. โEverythingโs safer than love.
John IrvingI feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the community of arts and letters. Why? Because wrestling requires even more dedication than writing because wrestling represents the most difficult and rewarding objective that I have ever dedicated myself to; because wrestling and wrestling coaches are among the most disciplined and self-sacrificing people I have ever known.
John Irving