I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I've come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can't write.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“it didn’t really matter what that book was about. It was what it meant that was more important.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“In the written words of the book thief herself, the journey continued like everything had happened.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She remembered her books in the moments of worst sorrow, especially the ones that were made for her and the one that… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I look at my first books and am glad they weren't published… You start writing by imitating your heroes, then you keep… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
A book floated down the Amper River. A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She was home, among the mayor's books of every color and description, with their silver and gold lettering. She could smell the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I've just always loved books, and I love the idea that we're all just really made of stories. I do also like… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
You'll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That's when you know… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
She said it out loud, the words distributed into a room that was full of cold air and books. Books everywhere! Each… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She slid a book from the shelf and sat with it on the floor. She tore a page from the book and… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“As it turned out, Ilsa Hermann not only gave Liesel Meminger a book that day. She also gave her a reason to… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
There are two magic acts I want to pull off when I write. One is creating a feeling that when you're inside… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Steadily, the room shrank, till the book thief could touch the shelves within a few small steps. She ran the back of… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I always think of books being tougher in a sense, in that you’ve got to sit down and you’ve got to do… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I was always reading books when I should have been doing math and the rest of it.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The book thief had struck for the first time - the beginning of an illustrious career.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. — Markus Zusak Copy Share
I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world. There is… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share
It is early, early morning. It's that time when it's still dark but you know the day is coming. Blue is bleeding through black.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door, you do it. Especially when… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“«¿Por qué no puede oírlo el resto del mundo? —me pregunto. En pocos segundos me lo pregunto muchas veces—. Porque no le importa —me… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest? — Markus Zusak Copy Share
I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“Može li netko ukrasti sreću? Ili je i to još jedan unutarnji, paklenski ljudski trik?” — Markus Zusak Copy Share
I look at my first books and am glad they weren't published… You start writing by imitating your heroes, then you keep the heart… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
