“With the crime novels, its delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. Its like having a fictitious family.” I CanBookNovelCrimeDelightfulProtagonistsCrime Novels Author:John Banville
“I have this fantasy. I'm walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right.” I CanBookPastFantasyWalkingFingersBlankClicksBookshops Author:John Banville
“All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little about the inside of myself.” PeopleKnowsLittlesArtI CanCan DoSurfaceWorks Of Art Author:John Banville
“Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make one's living from writing sentences. The sentence is the greatest invention of civilization. To sit all day long assembling these extraordinary strings of words is a marvelous thing. I couldn't ask for anything better. It's as near to godliness as I can get.” WritingTryingLongI CanAsksPerfectCivilizationExtraordinaryPrivilegeSentencesInventionStringsDesksMarvelousGodlinessAssemblingMarvelous Things Author:John Banville
