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 IrvingThe arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child.
John IrvingYou can give yourself a headache trying to decipher the tattoos on a naked man who’s leaping up and down on a bed.
John IrvingThe building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.
John Irving