John Irving Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is almost as central to the novel as a major minor character, the passage of time and its effect on the characters in the story.

  John Irving

  Character, Stories, Fans

• The characters in my novels, from the very first one, are always on some quixotic effort of attempting to control something that is uncontrollable - some element of the world that is essentially random and out of control.

  John Irving

  Character, Effort, Elements

• I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.

  John Irving

  Character, Interest, Situation

  Interview with Suzanne Herel, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1997.

• The concept of writing a novel and not knowing where it's going - I don't know how to do that. Novels are plot- and character-driven, so if I don't know what becomes of people, how can I know where it should begin?

  John Irving

  Writing, Character, Knowing

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• The main character and the most important character are not always the same person - you have to know the difference.

  John Irving

  Character, Differences, Important

• I always begin with a character or characters, and then try to think up as much action for them as possible.

  John Irving

  Character, Thinking, Trying

• I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

  John Irving

  Believe, Character, Plot

  Interview with Suzanne Herel, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1997.

• You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that interests me in a novel. I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.

  John Irving

  Character, People, Giving

  Interview with Suzanne Herel, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1997.

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