Big Quote by 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

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

— Paul Beatty

Is the prestige conferred by the Man Booker prize for the book or me? I would prefer it on the book and for me…

— Eleanor Catton

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

— Richard Flanagan

“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'm not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit…

— Emma Donoghue

We need prizes as publishers... to focus attention on books, for people to know what to go look for. But often in my opinion…

— Jonathan W. Galassi

Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books.

— Richard Flanagan

I'm not sure that the culture of literary prizes is always a good thing, but while there are literary prizes, it's nice to be…

— Sally Rooney

My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily pick up…

— Patrick Rothfuss

What's important to me is that all of my books are in print - and, in a way, that becomes the challenge, not winning…

— William Boyd

I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized…

— Janet Evanovich