John Banville Quotes

When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere. Which is how it should be.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

Andrew Luck

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I'm not a frustrated concert composer, and the concert pieces I've done have been a small part of my work. What I've sought there is instruction, variation from the demands of film and relief from its restrictions.

John Williams

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I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced.

Shirley Manson

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I think the illest thing about Wiz Khalifa is how true to himself he's always been, and I miss that from artists. Nothing about what he does ever felt like he was reaching to be something that he wasn't.

Miguel

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When I saw Paul Scofield do 'Love's Labor's Lost at Stratford,' that's when I saw the potential of the level of truth that could go on up there on a stage. I said, 'This is what I want to do.'

Michael Moriarty

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I tell people I live in Harlesden in north-west London, and I can see them thinking, 'Why do you live there?'

Louis Theroux

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My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not.

Joyce Meyer

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Why did we lose Brexit? Why, because 60 per cent of youth didn't believe they needed to go and vote.

Jose Angel Gurria

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It's embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I'm glad I did.

Drew Barrymore

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I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.

Annette Bening

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My style has definitely evolved. When I first started out I think I was a little all over the place and the clothes kind of wore me rather than the other way round. But now I'm at the point where I'm comfortable dressing for me, I know what works and what I like.

Ashley Greene

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As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.

Peace Pilgrim

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