Amazed Quote by Frank McCourt

I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite…

— Rita Dove

Winning the Pulitzer is wonderful and it's an honor and I feel so humbled and so grateful, but I think that I'll think of…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised…

— Harper Lee

Some Pulitzer winners - novelists - have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. It messed with their heads. That hasn't…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

— Larry Hagman

I once owned a collection of 77 novels that won the Pulitzer. The only good novel of the bunch was The Grapes of Wrath.

— Larry McMurtry

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of…

— Karen Thompson Walker

It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it!

— Thomas A. Edison

I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of…

— Robert Kiyosaki

I really told my story as I saw it in 'Cross to Bear,' and I was pleased - and a bit surprised - by…

— Gregg Allman

I'm not ever getting a Pulitzer prize and my books aren't on high school reading lists, but for better or worse I'm a working…

— Carole Radziwill

It is said that an Author won't become a great writer until they've suffered. I guess I'm in the throws of a Best Seller…

— Christel Tait