Quotes by John Irving

"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it."

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"With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes."

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"I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with."

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"You can't learn everything you need to know legally."

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