I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes arrogant educate impatient
Life is tragic but it's equally comic. John Banville comicequallylife Change image and share on social
For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them. John Banville carrycreateimagination Change image and share on social
Why does the past seem so magical, so fraught, so luminous? At the time it was just, ugh, another boring bloody day. But, to look back on, it's a day full of miracles and light and extraordinary events. Why is this? What process do we apply to the past, to give it this vividness? I don't know. John Banville applybackbloody share on social
I love the character of Jaime Lannister. He's just so complex - a character that we love to hate - but it's a lot more complex than hatred. It starts off, and he seems so arrogant and so smug. Gwendoline Christie arrogantcharactercomplex Change image and share on social
An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person. Vladimir Kramnik differentlyimpatientpatient Change image and share on social
Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them. Kerry Greenwood audiencedetectiveeducate Change image and share on social