Books Quote by Mario Vargas Llosa

Of course I've enjoyed having the Nobel Prize, the prestige that goes along with it, the money that came with it in particular. I…

— Wole Soyinka

If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the Nobel Prize.'…

— Shuji Nakamura

In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and…

— John Steinbeck

People ask me often [whether] the Nobel Prize [was] the thing you were aiming for all your life, and I say that would be…

— Gertrude B. Elion

As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only…

— Ernest Hemingway

The Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to a writer in terms of how it affects your contracts, the publishers, and…

— Toni Morrison

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. If I was offered anything like the Nobel Prize for Literature, I'd…

— Colin Wilson

The Nobel Prize has been a disturbance at the beginning of October for some years. It would be gratifying to win, but it would…

— Peter Higgs

I may not have got the Nobel Prize, but I've won countless other awards, including 'Most Inspirational Living Woman Scientist.'

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

My children have often asked me why I never received a Nobel Prize. I used to tell them it was because the Nobel committee…

— Leon M. Lederman

I thought the chances of becoming a Nobel Prize laureate were minuscule because there are so many other innovations and discoveries that happen almost…

— Joachim Frank