Book Quote by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.

— John Banville

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

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

— Richard Flanagan

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

— Paul Beatty

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

— Richard Flanagan

I have become very critical of the whole book award system and could preach on that subject for quite a while, but I do…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“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

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

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

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

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