Accepting Quote by Ernest Hemingway

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

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

“Every author these days is an award-winning novelist. Why? Because they set up an award contest and they dub themselves the winner.”

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

“History teaches us that Literary Book Awards have always been the quickest and easiest way to achieve global fame. They have helped countless authors…

— Mouloud Benzadi

There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at their craft,…

— David Grann

“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

That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion…

— John Steinbeck

The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.

— William Hazlitt

There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair.

— Antonio Munoz Molina

“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

I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time.

— Amish Tripathi