"The building of the architecture of a novel – the craft of it – is something I never tire of." ― John Irving Topic(s): Architecture More From John Irving "To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense." "I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave – and nothing but laughter to console them with." "I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14… I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write." More In Architecture "The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge."― Thomas Berger "There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."― Gilbert K. Chesterton "After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings."― Harry Seidler