Authors-quotes Quote by Mouloud Benzadi

“How can the Book Award Judges’ decision be right when we know that submitting the same books to different panels will result in different…

— Mouloud Benzadi

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

— Richard Flanagan

“Literary award competitions are like social media platforms, and judging panels are their users. Submitting a book to a literary award competition is like…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“To understand subjectivity in literary awards, think of these competitions as social media platforms and judging panels as their users. A book you submit…

— Mouloud Benzadi

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

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

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

It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books.

— William Saroyan

“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread…

— Mouloud Benzadi

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

— Richard Flanagan

I think Hemingway's [book] titles should be awarded first prize in any contest. Each of them is a poem, and their mysterious power over…

— Sylvia Beach

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