Book Quote by Eleanor Catton

I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].

— Paul Beatty

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world.

— Richard Flanagan

The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.

— John Banville

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and…

— John Steinbeck

I said in my acceptance speech that I hope that readers remember this not as the year I won the Booker, but the year…

— Richard Flanagan

I'd like to win a Booker Prize for writing. A Nobel Peace Prize for my work in peace... and I think that'll probably do.

— Billy Boyd

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.

— Leon Askin

It's better to be nominated for awards than not to be nominated for them, but of course to some degree such awards [National Book…

— Charles Baxter

“Literary award judges have the power to select a prize winner, granting them fame and potentially turning their book into a bestseller. However, determining…

— Mouloud Benzadi

On the other hand, winning awards is cool. Aside from the warm fuzzy, it creates publicity, and that helps spread the word about the…

— Patrick Rothfuss

[On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize:] I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without considering it…

— Bernice Rubens