John Irving - You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to...

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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.

John Irving

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Sie wollen nicht bei Ihren Feinden bleiben, wissen Sie. Ich fühle mich meinen Kritikern im Grunde so überlegen, nur weil sie nicht getan haben, was ich tue. Die meisten Buchrezensenten haben nicht 11 Romane geschrieben. Viele von ihnen haben noch keinen geschrieben.

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