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Quotes from John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer — John Banville

born 1945 Ireland

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I don't know what citizens of Prague must feel about these endless lines of tourists tramping over their streets.

John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer (2011)

I'm a little older now and I think I've lightened up a bit as I'm getting older.

John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer (2011)

I like to hide in Ireland, but I like to think of myself as an internal exile.

John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer (2011)

Coming from a tiny island, it's very exciting to be at sea in Central Europe in the sense of vast stretches of land all around one. We don't get that in Ireland.

John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer (2011)

I suppose many people in Ireland would regard me as being more a European writer than an Irish writer. I don't think this is so.

John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer (2011)

I'm also lumbered with the title of being a writer's writer, which is the worst possible reputation you can have, because, of course, other writers don't read other writers except to gain evidence against them. And it puts readers off.

John Banville: claiming Kafka as an Irish writer (2011)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Banville (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.