About Quote by John Fuller

Prizes aren't essential. What is essential is poetry itself, it's what is said, it is clarity, it's loyalty, those are the essential values, the…

— Maria Teresa Horta

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

— Wole Soyinka

I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.

— Bill Nighy

Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your…

— Seamus Heaney

Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books.

— Richard Flanagan

I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one. And now they seem sort of meaningful and real.

— Bill Nighy

All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think…

— Kate Mosse

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

While poetry was less professionalized than it is now, I still had this urge to win prizes and see my work in magazines, to…

— Denise Duhamel

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

Prizes are like butterflies, colorful butterflies that fly away. I don't believe in prizes much.

— Lina Wertmuller

There is something so arbitrary about prizes.

— Steve Toltz