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Markus Zusak Quotes

Australian - Author | June 23, 1975 -

I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.

Me Story Wish Kind Write Out

I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.

Love Hate People Me Trying Aim

I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.

Work Good Beginning Start Never

I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and not even know you're in it.

Mother Think You Know Lord Rings

I like to work in the morning, usually from 7-12, and still always hope to do more later. At the end of a book, I just work most of the time, but in general, I like to be working nice and early.

Work Morning Hope Time Book End

I think I'm always somehow interested in characters who want to make one perfect thing, to transcend humanness, even if only for a moment.

Moment Think Perfect Want Always

I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to write a book for adults?' I think the better ambition is to try to write someone's favorite book, because those categorizations of adult, young adult, become kind of superfluous.

Mistake Ambition Book Think Better

Sometimes you get the cynical person saying, 'Do we really need another book set in Nazi Germany?' But I think you just have to ask, 'Is this a story worth telling?'

Book Saying Story Think Worth You

I was lucky: I feel like I've written four books that mean something to me, and one book that means everything to me, and that's 'The Book Thief.'

Me Book Feel Lucky Mean Everything

The first book I remember loving was 'Grug and the Big Red Apple.' The first film I saw in the cinema was 'Grease.'

Red Book Remember Apple Cinema Big

As a fan of both media, I never had any qualms about an adaptation. I've always been able to separate books I've loved from their movies, no matter how the film turns out.

Loved Media Movies Matter Never Out

For 'The Book Thief,' I wanted only one outcome, and that was for the director to follow his own vision, just as I had.

Vision Book Follow Director Thief

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