John Banville Quotes

Death is such a strange thing. One minute you're here and then just gone. You'd think there would be an anteroom, a place where you could be visited before you go.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DeathThinkYouPlaceGoStrange

A song doesn't happen as a whole verse; it happens linearly, line by line, almost word by word, phrase by phrase. And if each phrase, each line, has a proper emotional feel and connects to the line before it and the line after it, the song will be doing what it should be doing.

Robert Hunter

SongFeelDoingWillLineEmotional

People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.

Michael Hirst

LoveGoodPeopleYouGiveCliches

Prices don't merely reflect what people think things ought to cost today; they also reflect what people expect items to cost tomorrow.

Amity Shlaes

TodayTomorrowPeopleThinkCost

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out.

Tony Stewart

OpportunityWinBetterYouOutOff

So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you got to watch the conductor, he is like a metronome, but it is more difficult because he can change rhythms.

Ruggiero Ricci

ChangeFreedomYouPlayDifficult

I do agree that when a singer sings all the songs for one actor in a film, the impact is much better.

Mohit Chauhan

ImpactBetterActorSingerAgree

I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority.

Loudon Wainwright III

TimeBeginningI AmWritingSpeak

'Humans of New York' did not result from a flash on inspiration. It grew from five years of experimenting, tinkering, and messing up.

Brandon Stanton

New YorkResultNewInspirationUp

While I am willing to compromise on process or on programs, I will not compromise my principles, nor would I expect those I work with to do so.

Brad Schneider

WorkI AmCompromiseProcessWill

I have found, in my life experience with President Trump, when he's out there himself and he's being his fresh, authentic self, it's very appealing to the people of the United States.

Anthony Scaramucci

LifeExperiencePeopleSelfMy Life

Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another.

Antony Sher

LifeYouComfortableMoreEverything

I write slowly, and I write many, many drafts. I probably have to work as hard as anyone, and maybe harder, to finish a poem. I often write a poem over years, because it takes me a long time to figure out what to say and how best to say it.

Philip Schultz

WorkTimeBestMeLongLong Time

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