John McGahern Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

John McGahern quotes and sayings page 3 (writer). These are the last 5 out of 25 quotes we have.

“I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts.”

“I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy.”

“My father was very outwardly religious.”

“I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television.”

“When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist.”