Awards Quote by Rick Moody Download Open image “I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out.” — Rick Moody ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Awards Book Books Judged Reading Reading books Years
I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a steady assignment of reading. I'm also a judge for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which gives awards to literature and nonfiction. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share
'The Lord of the Rings,' obviously, had a huge, huge impact on me. I read a lot of 'Hardy Boys,' also. I liked the… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What's important to me is that all of my books are in print - and, in a way, that becomes the challenge, not winning… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I must warn you that the books I like are not necessarily the ones I think are the best. I like them for various… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books by other authors. — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
Books don't live and die by awards. You don't listen to an Hector Lavoe album because it won some awards. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I believe that God locates himself at the spot where you recognize your own fallibility…And the paradox of it all has been that whenever… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
Capitalism, in the realm of sexuality, I figure, thinks that we behave in specific ways, like a breast is always going to produce a… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
“Words are the oldest information storage and retrieval system ever devised. Words are probably older than the cave paintings in France, words have been… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
Tangled in one another's arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death rate among… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I am excited by... the new novel by Samantha Hunt. She's a writer I really admire a lot. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff -… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love. — Cat Deeley Copy Share Image
It was a conscious decision on my part to take up fewer films. And if you're not seen that often on screen, nobody calls… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.… — Ben Gazzara Copy Share Image
I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all! — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“Stop spending money to be nominated for worthless awards with no substance and no worth to your career. If you have to spend money… — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
It feels fantastic, I never thought I would get anything, I've won awards and things but I never thought I would get an OBE… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, “If I were gay, you’d be… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Thi is the malady onf the humans, that they can hold on to that which is fleeting and of little consequence and call it… — Chris Fabry Copy Share Image
I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that… — Joanne Woodward Copy Share Image
The three of us just try put our heads down and stay creative. The awards truly are just cake. It's one of those things… — Hillary Scott Copy Share Image