I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes critical read reviewer
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
Reviewers are the worst laughers in the world. Chris O'Dowd badlaugherreviewer Change image and share on social
Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. John Hench architectcolorcritical Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social