Who said "The self is a fiction we maintain with great effort."?

This quote is attributed to John Banville.

The self is a fiction we maintain with great effort. - John Banville

"The self is a fiction we maintain with great effort."

John Banville Philosophy

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."

"I've seen the worst humanity has to offer."

"Sometimes I wonder if the world is worth saving."

"Every choice shapes our destiny."

"Order is the foundation of a good life."