I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that… — 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
I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she threw… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“For now, Rudy and Liesel made their way onto Himmel Street in the rain. He was the crazy one who had painted… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“A statue of the book thief stood in the courtyard... it's very rare, don't you think, for a statue to appear before… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
How does it feel, anyway?" How does what feel?" When you take one of those books?" At that moment, she chose to… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
For 'The Book Thief,' I wanted only one outcome, and that was for the director to follow his own vision, just as… — 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
And I can promise you something, because it was a thing I saw many years later - a vision in the book… — 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
Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just… — 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
If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“In truth, I think he was afraid. Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it… — 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
“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
“Yes, I have seen a great many things in this world. I attend the greatest disasters and work for the greatest villains.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I don't write poetry or short stories. I don't like to write articles usually. I tend to really only want to be… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I saw him hip-deep in some icy water, chasing a book, and I saw a boy lying in bed, imagining how a… — 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
You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read. — 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
Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. — 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. There is… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“I'm twenty years old and look at me-- there isn't a thing I want to do” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“«¿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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
