John Irving Quotes
I think better of our behaviour as individuals than I do when we see ourselves as members of a group. It's when people start forming groups that we have to watch our backs.
John Irving
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
Gaby Hoffmann
My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
Ralph Lauren
Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
Gautam Adani
Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
Marc Almond
Soft Cell
I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
Taylor Caldwell
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
My mother was a beautiful lady, elegant, chic, and that was the biggest inspiration to me.
Hubert de Givenchy
Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere.
Maurice Saatchi
Every book, remember, is dead until a reader activates it by reading. Every time that you read you are walking among the dead, and, if you are listening, you just might hear prophecies. Aeneas did. Odysseus did. Listen to Delany, a prophet.
Kathy Acker
Really, subtlety is what is really important to me and my work.
Cliff Chiang
People never know each other until they have eaten a certain amount of salt together.
Aristotle
I think better of our behaviour as individuals than I do when we see ourselves as members of a group. It's when people start forming groups that we have to watch our backs.
John Irving
