I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write,… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I like the idea of standalone novels. I always found with series of books, it's something that publishers love obviously because they… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I am frustrated by celebrities who decide to write children's books because they think it's easy. That drives me crazy. It's frustrating… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I don't change the language for children books. I don't make the language simpler. I use words that they might have to… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Bruno was jealous, he had to wear stupid pants en shoes while the boys at the other side of the fence were wearing nice… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
We all are [normal]. Their idea of normal just happens to be different to some other people's idea of normal. But this is the… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write, they would… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Every man is afraid of women as far as I can see,” said Julian, displaying an understanding of the universe far beyond his years.… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay. But… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“For a moment he considered running across the platform to tell people about the empty seats in the carriage, but he decided not to… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Pavel is not a doctor any more, Bruno' said Maria quietly. 'But he was. In another life. Before he came here” — John Boyne Copy Share Image
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