Who said "The pursuit of happiness often ensures its absence."?

This quote is attributed to John Banville.

The pursuit of happiness often ensures its absence. - John Banville

"The pursuit of happiness often ensures its absence."

John Banville Happiness

Novelist Irish Born 1945 (age 81)

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Memory is a form of forgetting."

"We are all wanderers on this earth."

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"Babalú!"

"My greatest joy is making people smile."

"Laughter and love make a home."

"The best things in life are free."