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As many times as I've seen 'The Merchant of Venice,' I always take Shylock's side. For all the hatred that guy is shown, he has a reason to hate in return. He's treated cruelly. And it's tragic that he learns to be intolerant because of what others do to him.
— John Irving
Tags: hatred, others, always, hate

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There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.
— John Irving
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My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.
— John Irving
Tags: old, wrong, say, you
The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.
— John Irving
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I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.
— John Irving
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I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.
— John Irving
Tags: book, sometimes, think, you
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