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
If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Rudy handed it back. "Speaking of which, I think we're both slightly in for it when we get home. You especially." "Why… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think, as the writer, you're always going to mourn something [left out of a film]. But you also just want to… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
You ever hear a dog cry, Steve? You know, howling so loud it's almost unbearable?' He nodded. 'I reckon they howl like… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I guess when someone tells you something they they usually guard, you feel privileged, not because you know something no-one else knows,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
20 minutes later: a girl on Himmel Street. She looks up. She speaks in whisper. ‘The sky is soft today, Max. The… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywhere else. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think she ate a salad and some soup. And loneliness. She ate that, too. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Warily, she dares to allow me a smile. "It's okay. It's just...I'm not too good at talking to people." She looks away… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Nothing comes naturally to me...I have to work and rework and that's where the ideas come from - from years of working… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Don’t make me happy. Please, don’t fill me up and let me think that something good can come of any of this.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
We underestimate teenagers at our peril. Even the dismissive thing out on the street--look at what they're wearing. Then we'll hear stories… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at all. Maybe moments are… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I thought what if death is more like thinking, well, war is like the boss at your shoulder, constantly wanting more, wanting… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It brewed in her as she eyed the pages full to the brims of their bellies with paragraphs and words. You bastards,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, the woman had a heart. She had a bigger one that people would think. There was a lot in… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and… — 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
