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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveToughDownTalkEveryoneJust

I talk like I know what I'm saying, but I don't.

Amanda Seyfried

SayingKnowTalkLike

For a while, I dallied with the idea of the law - I didn't really know what it was, but I thought it sounded sensible. And as a child, I wanted to be a goalkeeper. Or a butcher.

Rory Kinnear

ChildLawThoughtKnowGoalkeeper

'Even Flow' is the best to play live because of the long solos. It starts out slow and builds, and, depending on what the audience does, I can reflect that in the solo.

Mike McCready

LiveBestSlowLongI CanPlay

Everything's relative. I don't think any new pursuit will be as difficult as trying to break into wrestling 25 years ago.

Mick Foley

ThinkTryingNewWillDifficult

What's nice about having kids close to the age they're playing is that you can actually capture awkwardness.

Jon Watts

AgeYouNiceCapturePlayingKids

Uber, and Airbnb to a different extent, implemented the same battle plan. Bezos is an investor in both companies and, to some degree, has relationships with both CEOs. It is not a surprise that they are heirs to Amazon.

Brad Stone

SurpriseBattlePlanRelationships

Everything that I had done creatively related to two or three incidents that happened to me when I was a child that I'd forgotten. Everything, absolutely everything.

Pete Townshend

ChildMeDoneThreeTwoEverything

I want to show that you can be a successful entertainment executive, be a good husband, be a good father, be a good friend, be down to earth, be a good person, and give back. If I can push that message out there into the world and pass it on to my son, then I'm OK.

Scooter Braun

GoodFriendFatherSonWorldPush

I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me.

TobyMac

GodI AmMePassionateInfluences

I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films.

Renny Harlin

OldYearsMakingAboutFilms

I did play two years of high school football and was very short and uncoordinated but the second year I was very tall and skinny and very uncoordinated.

Kyle Chandler

FootballSchoolHigh SchoolShort

I go on Wikipedia and alter pages of animals with fake facts that I've made up about those animals.

Kurt Braunohler

FactsFakeGoAnimalsUpMade

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