“As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of my own countrymen. Greater writers than these also did not receive the prize. I would have been happy - happier - today if the prize had been given to that beautiful writer Isak Dinesen.” IfsHas BeensTodayBeautifulGivenMy OwnGreaterRegretMarkWinnerPrizeAwardsNobelNobel PrizeCountrymenNobel Prize Winners Book:Conversations with Ernest Hemingway Source: Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
“The thing is that my first novel, which was basically a mystery adventure story, won quite an important award in Spain for young adult fiction, and because of this it became a very successful book, and right now it's some sort of a standard title, it's read widely in many high schools in Spain, so I think, in a way, I was a victim of my own success in the field of young adult fiction, because it was never my own natural register. I never intended to write that kind of fiction, but I became very successful at it.” ThinkingWayWritingFirstsKindImportantBookStoriesSchoolYoungNaturalMy OwnFictionNovelSuccessfulMysteryFieldsAdventureRight NowStandardsHigh SchoolAdultsVictimYoung AdultTitlesAwardsSpainRegister Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“When I'm up for an award, there are usually two or three other things on the ballot that I like better than my own fiction.” TwoThreeMy OwnFictionAwardsBallots Author:Kelly Link
“While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world.” WorldBelieveWellsLittlesI CanPurposeI BelieveMy OwnActingProudWell BeingAwardsBelieve In MePersonal Happiness Author:Meryl Streep