Quote by: John Irving

'Great Expectations' was an important novel in my adolescence. It was very much one of those emblematic novels that made me wish I could write like that. It helped that my models as a writer were dead over a hundred years before I began to write.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Irving
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist and screenwriter
  • BornMarch 2, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Screenwriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe World According To Garp; A Prayer For Owen Meany
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Lambda Literary Award; National Book Award