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John Banville Quotes

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed Picture Quote #1

The secret of survival is a defective imagination Picture Quote #1

You can’t write about fantasy without being ridiculous Picture Quote #1

I don’t own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects Picture Quote #1

It’s great people still care about books, and it’s great you can still fashion a life from literature Picture Quote #1

No two things the same, the equals sign a scandal Picture Quote #1

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And indeed nothing had happened, a momentous nothing, just another of the great world’s shrugs of indifference Picture Quote #1

Happiness was different in childhood. It was so much then a matter simply of accumulation, of taking things - new experiences, new emotions - and applying them like so many polished tiles to what would someday be the marvellously finished pavilion of the self Picture Quote #1

All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life’s almost-anagram Picture Quote #1

All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained Picture Quote #1

I’m full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure Picture Quote #1

When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere. Which is how it should be Picture Quote #1

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I want my art to make people look at the world in a new way. I mean, what’s the point of the art of writing if it doesn’t take you into the mysterious? Picture Quote #1

We artists love to talk tough, but we’re just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it Picture Quote #1

You know, artists don’t really have all that much experience of life. We make a huge amount out of the small experience that we do have Picture Quote #1

...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left Picture Quote #1

When I started writing, I was a great rationalist and believed I was absolutely in control. But the older one gets, the more confused, and for an artist I think that is quite a good thing: you allow in more of your instinctual self; your dreams, fantasies and memories. It’s richer, in a way Picture Quote #1

How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or a book review, or even a film script, but for fiction I must have my own desk, my own wall with my own postcards pinned to it, and my own window not to look out of Picture Quote #1

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I’d given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence - that’s as close to godliness as I can get Picture Quote #1

With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on Picture Quote #1

Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don’t do well, in the hope of learning Picture Quote #1

I have this fantasy. I’m walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right Picture Quote #1

Life is tragic but it’s equally comic Picture Quote #1

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists Picture Quote #1

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The past beats inside me like a second heart Picture Quote #1

I think I’m less the writer than I’m the written Picture Quote #1

I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part Picture Quote #1

I am the worst judge of my books Picture Quote #1

A plot begins when somebody has something to hide Picture Quote #1

What is money, after all? Almost nothing, when one has a sufficiency of it Picture Quote #1

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Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed (John Banville Quotes) The secret of survival is a defective imagination (John Banville Quotes) You can’t write about fantasy without being ridiculous (John Banville Quotes) I don’t own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects (John Banville Quotes) It’s great people still care about books, and it’s great you can still fashion a life from literature. (John Banville Quotes) No two things the same, the equals sign a scandal (John Banville Quotes) And indeed nothing had happened, a momentous nothing, just another of the great world’s shrugs of indifference (John Banville Quotes) Happiness was different in childhood. It was so much then a matter simply of accumulation, of taking things - new experiences, new emotions - and applying them like so many polished tiles to what would someday be the marvellously finished pavilion of the self (John Banville Quotes) All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life’s almost-anagram (John Banville Quotes) All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained (John Banville Quotes) I’m full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure (John Banville Quotes) When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere. Which is how it should be. (John Banville Quotes) I want my art to make people look at the world in a new way. I mean, what’s the point of the art of writing if it doesn’t take you into the mysterious? (John Banville Quotes) We artists love to talk tough, but we’re just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it. (John Banville Quotes) You know, artists don’t really have all that much experience of life. We make a huge amount out of the small experience that we do have. (John Banville Quotes) ...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left (John Banville Quotes) When I started writing, I was a great rationalist and believed I was absolutely in control. But the older one gets, the more confused, and for an artist I think that is quite a good thing: you allow in more of your instinctual self; your dreams, fantasies and memories. It’s richer, in a way. (John Banville Quotes) How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or a book review, or even a film script, but for fiction I must have my own desk, my own wall with my own postcards pinned to it, and my own window not to look out of. (John Banville Quotes) I’d given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence - that’s as close to godliness as I can get. (John Banville Quotes) With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on (John Banville Quotes) Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don’t do well, in the hope of learning. (John Banville Quotes) I have this fantasy. I’m walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right. (John Banville Quotes) Life is tragic but it’s equally comic (John Banville Quotes) The novel is resilient, and so are novelists (John Banville Quotes) The past beats inside me like a second heart (John Banville Quotes) I think I’m less the writer than I’m the written (John Banville Quotes) I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part (John Banville Quotes) I am the worst judge of my books (John Banville Quotes) A plot begins when somebody has something to hide (John Banville Quotes) What is money, after all? Almost nothing, when one has a sufficiency of it (John Banville Quotes)

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