Author: Markus Zusak

Quotes

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

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

- Markus Zusak

Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.

Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.

- Markus Zusak

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.

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.

- Markus Zusak

I think to be 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.

I think to be 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.

- Markus Zusak

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

- Markus Zusak

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