John Irving Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. March 2, 1942
Birthday: March 2
Before I began The Cider House Rules, I thought I wanted to write about a father-son relationship that was closer, more conflicted, and ultimately more loving, than most. Then I began to think of a relationship between an old orphanage director and an unadoptable orphan - a kid who goes out into the world and fails and keeps coming back, so that the old guy ends up with someone he's got to keep.
source: Interview with Suzanne Herel, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1997. 
topic: Father, Kids, Writing, Father Son Relationship, Cider, Orphanage, House Rules
