John Irving
- novelist
- screenwriter
- writer
- Born 1942-03-02 (age 84)
- Nationality United States
- Years active 1968–present
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Movie | 57 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1942 age 0
Born1999 age 57
CreditThe Cider House Rules
Worked with most
Family and influences
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Quotes
He wrote Helen that "a part of adolescence is feeling that there's no one else around you who's enough like yourself to understand you."
John Irving, CC BY-SA 4.0
Imagining something is better than remembering something.
John Irving, CC BY-SA 4.0
Imagination, he realized, came harder than memory.
John Irving, CC BY-SA 4.0
In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.
John Irving, CC BY-SA 4.0
To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread, we were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense.
John Irving, CC BY-SA 4.0
You’ve got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.
John Irving, CC BY-SA 4.0
TV appearances
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- United States
- Languages
- American English, English
- Years active
- 1968–
- Notable works
- The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, A Widow for One Year, A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Education
- Phillips Exeter Academy, University of Iowa, University of New Hampshire