You know what I love... everything. - John Irving

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiographical label — to conclude that I am writing about myself. But one must never not write a certain kind of novel out of fear of what the reaction to it will be.

Imagination, he realized, came harder than memory.