Acceptance Quote by Richard Flanagan

“If I am willing to read a book in its entirety, I will give it five stars. I do not list books that I…

— Paula Shene

I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any…

— Anne Enright

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world.

— Richard Flanagan

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

— Rick Moody

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

— Rick Moody

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

— John Banville

My father always had doubts about the Booker prize, although they evaporated on the announcement that he had won it.

— Martin Amis

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

— Paul Beatty

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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

Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because…

— Rebecca Stead

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar

— Bill Sienkiewicz