John Banville Quotes

I don't know if I get recognized necessarily, though I do get looked at a lot - but I don't know if it's because of who I am, or if people just think I look weird.

I'm pretty convinced there's a chemical reality to who I am, regarding my brain, that makes me kind of a strange guy.

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

We're all a little nit autistic.

I've never met anyone normal.

Many writers were picked on as children. Why? Because they were weird from the get-go. They were often to be found at the back of the class smelling erasers, or talking to caterpillars, or walking down the street with an encyclopedia balanced on their head.

In Silicon Valley, I point out that many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger's where it's like you're missing the imitation, socialization gene.

People think I'm a freak or something, but I'm actually a really normal guy.

Most men are petrified of standing out in any way or being thought superficial.

I feel, as a person, very uninteresting.

I just can't help but see things differently.

All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.

My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to be shared by anyone.

People don't realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you're dumb, and you know you're not. it's just how your brain works.

I'm wired differently.

I always felt like reality was a bizarre place, and everybody was really good at being normal, and I didn't know how to do it.

A lot of talented people have some quirks, y'know? And bless them for that. I'd rather have Tourette's than be someone boring.

People thought I looked weird, that I talked weird.

The things that make us different, those are our superpowers.

Ultimately, and I can appreciate this as I get older, those quirks and those differences are what I find so attractive about other people, that's what I think being beautiful is.

I've got Asperger's. I come at things from sideways.

I'm a little weird that way. I don't really know how to express my happiness.

Crazy is a relative term, you know. Everybody is unique in their own way and some people work harder for longer hours than others.

Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that Ive always demanded more from the sunset.