Award Quote by Katherine Dunn

I never thought I would get a National Award. For me, it was huge, and I got complacent.

— Dimple Kapadia

If you have won a national award, it means you have done something great.

— Remo D'Souza

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

This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.

— S. J. Perelman

Honestly, one doesn't expect any awards, let alone a National Award.

— Kabir Khan

People are dying to get a National Award... it's a national reputation.

— Hema Malini

I just cannot fathom the criteria and the eligibility for awards as there is an ocean of difference between the state and national awards.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

There has long been an argument in New York about what, exactly, the purpose of book awards ought to be. One model sees them…

— Michelle Dean

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

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out.

— Rick Moody

I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

— Aaron Neville

I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from…

— Sharon Stone