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Quotes from Once More Admired Than Bought, A Writer Finally Basks in Success — John Banville

born 1945 Ireland

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I'm a little surprised that commercial success has arrived. I used to think that it was hopeless, that it would never happen.

Once More Admired Than Bought, A Writer Finally Basks in Success (1990)

I could have kept [writing "Irish" novels such as Birchwood] and probably had a good deal more success than I did, especially on this side of the Atlantic. But you have to try to do many things. You have to try to do things that you actually think you're incapable of.

Once More Admired Than Bought, A Writer Finally Basks in Success (1990)

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