"The novel is resilient, and so are novelists."

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John Banville

#Novelists Quotes #Resilient Quotes #Novel Quotes

“It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become.”
“Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.”

Source : "The American Dream belongs to all of us". Interview with Suzanne Malveaux, edition.cnn.com. September 6, 2012.
“One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.”
“Recycling isn't going to save the world, but being conscious of it and your surroundings can.”
“The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go where the job takes me.”
“I can't give a decent toast to save my life.”
“Jeff Beck is probably my favorite and biggest influence on the guitar. Touring with him in 2010 was such a milestone. I used to show up early every day just to hear his sound check, which sometimes lasted an hour.”
“Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to explain all that, and it is a pity that the political class is not preparing the public for it to understand how massive the problem is.”

Source : Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2011.

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