John Banville Quotes

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ResilientNovelNovelists

These days, to be seven years in one spot in any pro sport is a pretty long tenure.

Andrew Bogut

LongYearsDaysPrettySevenTenure

I think people have an idea of what Fox News is. If people don't watch Fox News, then it's just a caricature, it's not real, they have it in their heads that it's something very different than what it actually is.

Megyn Kelly

PeopleThinkNewsFoxRealWatch

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

Alphonsus Liguori

LoveGodBusyYouNothingAct

My thing is personal freedoms: freedoms for the individual to love whom they want, do with what they want. In fact, I want the government out of almost everything.

Rob Lowe

LoveGovernmentWantPersonalOut

Imagination is an instrument of survival.

Rogier van der Heide

ImaginationSurvivalInstrument

My first real television-watching experience was when I watched 'L.A. Law,' like, at 10 o'clock Thursday nights with my parents. They would let me stay up late.

Jonathan Levine

ExperienceParentsMeLawLateReal

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Doris Lessing

WorkLoveBetterYouKnowNeed

I think it's really cool to embrace the pain of something that may have hurt you and be able to express it through music.

Ciara

MusicPainCoolThinkHurtYou

Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.

Arsene Wenger

ArtFootballWell DoneDoneBecome

When I'm writing, I'm focusing more on just the basic melody and the lyrics.

Aubrie Sellers

WritingMoreMelodyJustBasic

Theater's wonderful because it's visceral, and it's happening in front of you, but you never get that close. So the close-up is a great privilege of film.

Alice Eve

GreatYouPrivilegeNeverClose-Up

I'm standing for real freedom.

Todd Akin

FreedomRealStandingReal Freedom

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