Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left of the barely bearable raw immediacy of childhood, all the things solved that had puzzled me when I was small, all mysteries settled, all questions answered, and the moments dripping away, unnoticed almost, drip by golden drip, toward the final, almost unnoticed, quietus.
John BanvilleWe artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it.
John BanvilleIn my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high.
John Banville