- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I want to improve with every book.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on.
- Being Alone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing - that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around.
- Admire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the case of 'The Book Thief,' my research was hearing the stories of my parents when I was a child. But I started changing the stories when I began moulding the book.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've just always loved books, and I love the idea that we're all just really made of stories. I do also like the idea that anyone can love books. Books don't care how educated you are or what you do for a living.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
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?'
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Cinema
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first book I remember loving was 'Grug and the Big Red Apple.' The first film I saw in the cinema was 'Grease.'
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020