Novels are just another kind of cross-dressing, aren't they?

John Irving
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  1. A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images. - Albert Camus

  2. Semua orang pernah patah hati. All you have to do is move on. - Nina Ardianti

  3. If you only write when you’re inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist because you’re going to have to make your word count today and those words aren’t going to wait for you whether you’re inspired or not.... - Neil Gaiman

  4. A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film. - Lorrie Moore

  5. In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns. - Raymond Chandler

More Quotes By John Irving
  1. It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to let everything happen to them. You can't interfere with people you love any more than you're supposed to interfere with...

  2. If you care about something you have to protect it — If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

  3. My life is a reading list.

  4. It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

  5. It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.

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