Quotes About John Banville

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.

Let's not despise story-telling. Like all novelists, I have this low desire to tell people stories.

Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.

Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.