I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them. John Banville criticalreadreviewer 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
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
We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past. John Banville livepastpresent Change image and share on social
I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure. John Banville doubtfailurefull Change image and share on social
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
I always think that if you know somebody's name then there's something slightly fraudulent about that person. Otherwise we wouldn't have heard of him or her. John Banville fraudulenthearperson Change image and share on social
Dostoevsky is such a bad writer it is hard to take him seriously as a novelist, though he is a wonderful philosopher. John Banville baddostoevskyhard 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