--- title: "9 Booker Prize Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Booker Prize quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Booker Prize sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/paul-beatty-6684_he-man_i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-p_1826815.png" --- > [ I'm hugely honored \[with the Man Booker Prize\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-prize/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/paul-beatty-6684_he-man_i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-p_1826815.png) > [The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize-for-big-popular-books-and/) [John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/john-banville-2532_big_the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize_2332392.png) > [My father always had doubts about the Booker prize, although they evaporated on the announcement that he had won it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/my-father-always-had-doubts-about-the-booker-prize-although-they/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/martin-amis-704_announcements_my-father-always-had-doubts-about-the-bo_1739049.jpg) > [Is the prestige conferred by the Man Booker prize for the book or me? I would prefer it on the book and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-catton/is-the-prestige-conferred-by-the-man-booker-prize-for-the-book-or-me/) [Eleanor Catton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-catton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/eleanor-catton-2384_book_is-the-prestige-conferred-by-the-man-boo_2538500.png) > [ \[On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize:\] I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-rubens/on-being-a-judge-for-the-1986-booker-prize-i-got-to-the-point-where-i/) [Bernice Rubens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-rubens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/bernice-rubens-86959_book_on-being-a-judge-for-the-1986-booker-pri_785306.png) > [I'd like to win a Booker Prize for writing. A Nobel Peace Prize for my work in peace... and I think that'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-boyd/i-d-like-to-win-a-booker-prize-for-writing-a-nobel-peace-prize-for-my/) [Billy Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/billy-boyd-20206_nobel_i-d-like-to-win-a-booker-prize-for-writi_1036948.png) > [ I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff \[Man Booker Prize\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-ll-say-this-and-it-ll-sound-like-bullshit-but-it-s-not-i-don-t/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/paul-beatty-6684_attention_i-ll-say-this-and-it-ll-sound-like-bulls_289719.png) > [People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/people-aren-t-quite-sure-what-it-means-when-a-book-is-a-booker-prize/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_book_people-aren-t-quite-sure-what-it-means-w_1966249.jpg) > [ The \[Booker\] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-booker-prize-was-actually-responsible-in-many-ways-for-my/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/arundhati-roy-346_activism_the-booker-prize-was-actually-responsibl_634250.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/booker-prize/#itemlist", "name": "Booker Prize Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Beatty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-prize/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/paul-beatty-6684_he-man_i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-p_1826815.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/paul-beatty-6684_he-man_i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-p_1826815.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/paul-beatty-6684_he-man_i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-p_1826815.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].” — Paul Beatty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Banville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize-for-big-popular-books-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/john-banville-2532_big_the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize_2332392.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/john-banville-2532_big_the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize_2332392.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/john-banville-2532_big_the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize_2332392.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.” — John Banville", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My father always had doubts about the Booker prize, although they evaporated on the announcement that he had won it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Amis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/my-father-always-had-doubts-about-the-booker-prize-although-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/martin-amis-704_announcements_my-father-always-had-doubts-about-the-bo_1739049.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/martin-amis-704_announcements_my-father-always-had-doubts-about-the-bo_1739049.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/martin-amis-704_announcements_my-father-always-had-doubts-about-the-bo_1739049.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My father always had doubts about the Booker prize, although they evaporated on the announcement that he had…” — Martin Amis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is the prestige conferred by the Man Booker prize for the book or me? 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