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Writer Quotes by Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak says a writer’s job is to stir the violence and beauty that live inside everyone. He admits his early drafts were often copies of his heroes, and he now seeks to write books that feel just out of reach. He also jokes that you can’t eat a book, even if it looks delicious.

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“A NICE THOUGHT One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.”

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“How many books had she touched? How many had she felt?”

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You can't eat books, sweetheart.

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As always, one of her books was next to her.

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I just want to write someone’s favorite book

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I'm having bigger problems when I'm writing.

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One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.

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The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

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I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

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The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.

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Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see…

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“I've come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can't write.”

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“it didn’t really matter what that book was about. It was what it meant that was more important.”

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Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

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I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.

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I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always…

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I read some books that were the right books for me. I read them and I didn't even notice turning the pages…

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You'll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That's when you know…

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That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more…

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To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, "Your next book…

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I was lucky: I feel like I've written four books that mean something to me, and one book that means everything to…

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I look at my first books and am glad they weren't published… You start writing by imitating your heroes, then you keep…

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A book floated down the Amper River. A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand.…

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I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing.…

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I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world.…

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Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now…

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She said it out loud, the words distributed into a room that was full of cold air and books. Books everywhere! Each…

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“She slid a book from the shelf and sat with it on the floor. She tore a page from the book and…

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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…

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I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to…

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There are two magic acts I want to pull off when I write. One is creating a feeling that when you're inside…

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“I always think of books being tougher in a sense, in that you’ve got to sit down and you’ve got to do…

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“Steadily, the room shrank, till the book thief could touch the shelves within a few small steps. She ran the back of…

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“In the written words of the book thief herself, the journey continued like everything had happened.”

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I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

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The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels.

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“The book thief had struck for the first time - the beginning of an illustrious career.”

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She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.

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“I was always reading books when I should have been doing math and the rest of it.”

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Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was…

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Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?

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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…