The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each other. It is only the vividness of memory that keeps the dead alive forever; a writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as our personal memories.


The world according to Garp (ed. Pocket, 1978) - ISBN: 9780671822200

John Irving Quotes

The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each...

The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each...

The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each...

The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each...