John Banville Quotes
Certain moments remain in the mind with such force and clearness that one suspects they must be invented; that they are not held in the memory but generated out of the imagination.
Quotes to Explore
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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My priority is the script. Get me a good script, and I will sign the movie. I think I should leave the casting up to the experts!
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If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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In the early days you have a tendency to intellectualize, but you're really just trying to sound smart and score with the chicks.
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For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.
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If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.
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What we need to change is our minds, that's the part that's doing us dirt and dragging us under. How can we change our minds.
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Certain moments remain in the mind with such force and clearness that one suspects they must be invented; that they are not held in the memory but generated out of the imagination.
