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John Banville Quotes

We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: irish
Birth: December 8, 1945

Topics

Light Push Shy Us Creatures Blinds

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

Hide Will Never Cost Cannot Promise

I exercise every day. It's what makes me happy.

Andie MacDowell

Day Happy Me Exercise Every Day

I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares.

Believe Think Critics Cares Bothered

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Reputation You Build Begin Somewhere

I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.

Future Know Possible Anything Holds

In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just let it all out.

Life Writing Attention Back Listen

I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it.

School Elementary School Some Did

In the 20th century, imprisonment of writers practically comes with the territory.

Century 20th Century Territory

We started seven years ago and finally released our first vintage in March. It's an '07 vintage from Walla Walla, which is my old hometown. It also happens to be a world-class wine region that's just exploding on the scene right now.

Vintage Wine Hometown Now Old Right

If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

Bruce Dickinson

Me You Want Rock Ask Retire

It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.

Mirror Face Hard See Without Own

I don't know if this is the same for everybody, but for me, sometimes I get depressed, where I wake up and I can feel a change. Something went wrong, and it's almost like you feel tingly in a way where you know something is off, and from that point forward, this anxiety kicks in where you just worry and worry... this cyclical, terrible nature.

Nature Change Me Wake Up Forward

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