I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist. John Banville artistbackdirectly Change image and share on social
We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us. John Banville blindcreaturelight Change image and share on social
I want my art to make people look at the world in a new way. I mean, what's the point of the art of writing if it doesn't take you into the mysterious? John Banville artmakemysterious 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
It's great people still care about books, and it's great you can still fashion a life from literature. John Banville bookcarefashion Change image and share on social
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. John Banville artinsidepeople Change image and share on social
All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained. John Banville artentertainentertainment Change image and share on social
I live in Dublin, God knows why. There are greatly more congenial places I could have settled in - Italy, France, Manhattan - but I like the climate here, and Irish light seems to be essential for me and for my writing. John Banville climatecongenialdublin share on social
I sometimes think that I might be slightly autistic. There might be a syndrome that hasn't been named. I don't seem to see the world in the same way that most people I know see it. They don't seem to be baffled by it. John Banville autisticbafflename share on social
