The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be. John Banville bigbookbooker 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 like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part. John Banville behaviorexcitfind Change image and share on social
With the crime novels, it's delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. It's like having a fictitious family. John Banville bookcrimedelightful Change image and share on social
I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects. John Banville beautifulbookkindle Change image and share on social
How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or a book review, or even a film script, but for fiction I must have my own desk, my own wall with my own postcards pinned to it, and my own window not to look out of. John Banville aeroplanearticlebook share on social
I've always been fascinated by physics and cosmology. It gets more and more scary the older you get. John Banville cosmologyfascinatehave Change image and share on social
I don't make a distinction between men and women. To me they are just people. John Banville distinctionmakeman Change image and share on social
