John Winslow Irving is an American novelist and screenwriter. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving’s novels, including The Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and A Widow for One Year have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 72nd Academy Awards for his script of The Cider House Rules.
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If you care about something, you have to protect it—if you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
—John Irving
Topics: Living, Luck, Courage
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