John Banville Quotes

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous, intricate, technical business. I wish I could say that I love my characters and that frequently they take over the book and run away with the plot and so on. But they don't exist.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveBusinessWritingBookWishRun

Good old-fashioned, puritanical work guilt is, for me, a better colleague than any Muse. If I reach my weekly word target by Friday afternoon, then the weekend is guilt-free.

Jim Crace

WorkGoodMeFridayBetterGuilt

Rock bottom for some people is death. Some people never learn from their mistakes. They don't learn from other people's mistakes.

Tracy Morgan

MistakesDeathPeopleLearnRock

I love Andrew Weatherall; he's so real and uncompromising and a sweetheart.

Roisin Murphy

LoveRealSweetheartHeI Love

I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called 'Sukiyaki,' which is a very famous Japanese song, and I've actually heard from people that they've been in bars in Asia where they've seen me come up in the 'Sukiyaki' video that they play behind you. I'm in that. I'm in a karaoke video.

Michael Weatherly

PeopleMeSongFamousYouPlay

It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It's just beyond the dream. It's something very, very special and unique. It's the highest recognition any filmmaker could dream of.

Michel Hazanavicius

LanguageRecognitionYouUnique

I'm not in the habit of going to a psychologist. I psychologize myself.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

MyselfHabitGoingPsychologist

It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people - they see me as a betrayer.

Miriam Margolyes

PeopleMeTalkHardJewishSee

The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody.

Julia Holter

RelationshipPeopleControlConquer

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

Jonathan Frakes

TimeDayPreparationInterestingNow

I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever.

Donald G. Mitchell

GreatCareYouDreamCountryDust

I think kindness is actually under-rated. Especially with Silicon Valley - and probably in business in general - it's seen as being a pushover or ineffective as a leader.

Christine Tsai

KindnessLeaderBusinessThinkSeen

When I put something on, and I stand up much straighter, that's when I love to wear clothes.

Bonnie Wright

LoveStand UpStandClothesUpWear

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