the thing is that banville writes lonely indeed. >> charlie: banville does. >> it would take banvillewo to five years to write. >> charlie: how long does it take black. >> about three orour months. chaie: ust exminut that. >> wel it's an entirely different way of working. >> charlie: your head is in a different place. >> yes. i have to concentrate on everything when i'm writing as banville. i have to try to get near to perfection as i possly can. it's very infinite and has more calculus getting nearer and nearer. i keep thinking i'm getting nearer and nearer to perfection. of course i never gethere but i keep pushing. that's the obsession that drives nville. writing as black, i write very -- i should s he. he writes very fluently, very swiftly. he doesn't linger over sentences. he makes sentences as well as could ma them and doesn't fiddle with them. lookinfor perfectio >> charlie: do you need less editing for beamin black this. >> i never do. black needs a little more -- >> charlie: i always thought all great writersaid they needed to be edited. >> not me. that may mean i'm not great