Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adultโin any wayโsomething in your childhood dies.
John IrvingYou take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.
John IrvingI'm a very old-fashioned novelist. I write 19th-century novels, where a lot of rules apply.
John Irving