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It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books. — William, Saroyan

One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists. — Annalena McAfee

Is the prestige conferred by the Man Booker prize for the book or me? I would prefer it on the book and for me to be treated ordinarily. — Eleanor Catton

Though strength be wanting, the will to action
Merits praise. — Ovid

We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize. — Binyavanga Wainaina

Generosity of the heart is the most valuable asset you can have. — Jennifer Freed

Like water spilt upon the ground
alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass; Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass! — Henry Van Dyke

Every promise comes with a price and prize. — Sheeja Jose

I was always a reader. In the fifth grade, I got some sort of prize for having read hundreds of books from the library. — Vijay Seshadri

Vitellius would've given Percy an hour-long lecture on the subject, probably with a PowerPoint presentation. — Rick Riordan

This is the funniest book I've ever held in my hands.
Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize winning humorist and author says about Radical Sabbatical — Dave Barry

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my books, but they could understand $30,000. — William Faulkner

Pain was good. If I hurt, it meant I wasn't dead. — Kristin Cast

The single most pressing earthly obligation of every medieval artisan was the establishment of a good personal reputation.11 — Richard Sennett

[On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize:] I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without considering it for the Booker Prize. — Bernice Rubens

There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair. — Antonio Munoz Molina

The essence of a man is found in his faults. — Francis Picabia