Awards Quote by Chris Van Allsburg Download Open image “An award does not change the quality of a book.” — Chris Van Allsburg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Awards Book Books Change Doe Excellence Quality
The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit. — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of something like… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“Book lovers love books!" her mother announced. "There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement." from Mr.… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to describe because… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love. — Cat Deeley Copy Share Image
It was a conscious decision on my part to take up fewer films. And if you're not seen that often on screen, nobody calls… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.… — Ben Gazzara Copy Share Image
“Stop spending money to be nominated for worthless awards with no substance and no worth to your career. If you have to spend money… — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
It feels fantastic, I never thought I would get anything, I've won awards and things but I never thought I would get an OBE… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, “If I were gay, you’d be… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Thi is the malady onf the humans, that they can hold on to that which is fleeting and of little consequence and call it… — Chris Fabry Copy Share Image
I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that… — Joanne Woodward Copy Share Image
The three of us just try put our heads down and stay creative. The awards truly are just cake. It's one of those things… — Hillary Scott Copy Share Image
As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
