John Banville Quotes

When you're writing there's a deep, deep level of concentration way below your normal self. This strange voice, these strange sentences come out of you.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingVoiceDeepSelfYouStrange

I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.

John Dramani Mahama

ProgressThinkAfricaSawMade

I have always thought of films as stories for the world.

John Hillcoat

WorldThoughtAlwaysStoriesFilms

I've heard some people say that I'm selling out, but I'm not. If I hadn't done 'Black Radio', and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldn't be honest with myself; I'd be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.

Robert Glasper

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What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.

Robert Gottlieb

GreatTimeValueConsistencyHouse

People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.

Stefan Sagmeister

PeopleMeaningWriteSeeTellWho

It's an absolute honour and privilege to get out there and be an Australian headlining an Australian card. That's unreal; it really is.

Robert Whittaker

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As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making them, seeing them - is not something that could ever lose its pleasure for me. That puts them on a short list of things that eternally give me joy - love, family, food, movies.

Mike Nichols

FamilyLoveFoodJoyMeShort

I hear a lot of influence from me and Timbaland's whole sound in a lot of records of today. But if you have classics like that, then I'm sure you gotta expect that it's gonna influence some people. So, I'm fine with that.

Missy Elliott

TodayPeopleMeInfluenceYouSound

Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.

Diane von Furstenberg

GoodConfidenceYouLookAnything

When they raise your hand, Oh my God, the feeling is unbelievable.

Donald Cerrone

GodFeelingHandYourRaiseOh

I win at golf. I'm a club champion many times at different clubs. I win at golf. I can sink the three-footer on the 18th hole when others can't.

Donald Trump

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I love Chicago. I think it's an amazing city.

Christen Press

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