Bad Quote by Michael Winter

There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow…

— Jennifer Egan

If you're going to have someone win because of their story, go write a screenplay about your life.

— Miley Cyrus

I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first…

— Ian Rankin

“Journalists obsess about their leads. Don Wycliff, a winner of prizes for editorial writing, says, “I’ve always been a believer that if I’ve got…

— Chip Heath

Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that will inspire,…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a good story that's a challenge, whether it's big or…

— Viggo Mortensen

When I look at Perfidia, I think, "That's a Pulitzer Prize winner. That's a National Book Award winner." It's not going to get it.…

— James Ellroy

I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my…

— John Steinbeck

If a journalist comes to you with a great story, one of the first questions you ask is how did you get it. How…

— Andrew Neil

“***CALL FOR SUBMISSION*** Not asking for any money, I'm asking you to do what you do best. I am putting together a charity anthology…

— Andrew Scorah

I'm not much interested in prizes, whether from the Arab world or from the Western world. Writing is a very difficult process and I…

— Hassan Blasim

And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is…

— Roger Mudd