“I had a particular affinity for wrestling, and it did have a lot to do...” — John Irving Quote

“I had a particular affinity for wrestling, and it did have a lot to do with being small and being combative - and being angry. And when you're small and you don't back down, you get in a lot of fights.”

“I believe that, in any novel of mine, the principal objective is the construction of the whole.”

“You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one.”

“I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.”

“My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.”

“Oils have the most wonderful effect on the complexion due to their high affinity with the skin.”