John Banville Quotes

Every novelist knows – perhaps everyone knows who has written even a letter, or a page of a diary – that the process of composition involves two separate sensibilities.

John Banville

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• I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Know
  • Me
  • Travel

• On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security.

  

  Otto Schily
  • Hand
  • Security
  • London

• In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'

  

  Randall Kennedy
  • School
  • Law
  • Respect

• I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.

  

  Sally Field
  • Long
  • Kids
  • Dialogue

• In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Play
  • Mom
  • Hollywood

• I have dangerous bones in my body.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Body
  • Dangerous
  • Bones

• I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Family
  • Dad
  • Find

• If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Know
  • Mean
  • Silly

• A movie set actually can be a good place to have a family atmosphere.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Good
  • Family
  • Movie

• Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching the same things on TV. There is a world out there going on that I'm missing.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • World
  • Night
  • Single

• In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Different
  • Always
  • Brain

• Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Believe
  • Country
  • Home

• My musical career was an accident.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Career
  • Musical
  • Accident

• I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I'm inspired or have ideas.

  

  Flo Rida
  • Time
  • Ideas
  • Inspired

• If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Always
  • Unknown
  • Obvious

• A lot of directors want to storyboard you, whereas the best way to get a performance out of an actor is a collaborative process where you listen to the actor's input.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Best
  • Process
  • Performance

• I love physicality. I love movement very much.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • I Love
  • Movement
  • Much

• My first language is French. I just love words so much, and in French it feels like I can say whatever I want however I want.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Want
  • Words
  • Like

• If you add real, live instruments, then it takes you into different realms of sorts and it doesn't sound so electronic all the way through.

  

  Paul Hardcastle
  • Music
  • Instruments
  • Electronic

• I say this about everything: when I was on 'Neighbours,' I said, 'These are the best years of my life!' When I was filming 'The Wolf Of Wall Street,' I said, 'These are the best months of my life!' I always think I'm having the best time ever, and that I'll never have so much fun again.

  

  Margot Robbie
  • Life
  • Time
  • Fun

• LIBERAL, n. A man with his mind open at both ends.

  

  Colin Falconer
  • Mind
  • Ends
  • Open

• In accordance with the divine wisdom, genesis can only take place through destruction, and without destruction of the individual members of the species the species themselves would not exist permanently. Thus the true kindness, and beneficence, and goodness of God is clear.

  

  Maimonides
  • God
  • True
  • Wisdom

• I buy thousands of books a year.

  

  Dave Pelzer

• Every novelist knows – perhaps everyone knows who has written even a letter, or a page of a diary – that the process of composition involves two separate sensibilities.

  

  John Banville