Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak
Markus Frank Zusak,is an Australian writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels for young adults which have been international best-sellers. He won the annual Margaret Edwards Award in 2014 for his contribution to young-adult literature published in the US...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 June 1975
CountryAustralia
morning children book
I like 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. They're the best moments in a day of writing -- when an image appears that you didn't know would be there when you started work in the morning.
book sky thieves
One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.
color soon-enough over-you
I could introduce myself properly, but it's not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of variables. It suffices to say that at some point in time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away.
cost novel
The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels.
father thinking looks
Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.
life death together
Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction.
book important matter
The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.
thinking ideas years
Nothing comes naturally to me...I have to work and rework and that's where the ideas come from - from years of working on it and thinking about it.
life inspiring philosophy
Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.
love hate boys
The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.
breathing alive checks
How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.
hurt believe editing
I guess if editing doesn't hurt, you're probably not doing it properly. I find it quite difficult. The hardest part is believing that it's actually working and getting rid of the doubt that always creeps in.
desks coming-back ability
You'll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That's when you know you're a writer - when you take the failures and appear at the desk again, over and over again.
opportunity life-and-death risk
...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.