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Markus Zusak Quotes and Sayings
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“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
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“As a child in Sydney, my German Mum and my Austrian Dad would spontaneously tell me stories about what they saw and what they did as children. It was like a piece of Europe coming into our house... Those stories led me to my writing.”
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“I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.”
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“When I was a teenager I decided I was going to be a writer and that nothing was going to stop me. It sounds almost villainous. But I knew that was what I wanted.”
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“I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.”
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“Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.”
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“I think, as the writer, you're always going to mourn something [left out of a film]. But you also just want to know there's a good reason for it being left out. On the whole, you want to give something to somebody creative. The worst thing you can do is say, "Here, be creative, but do it like I want you to do it." I was always very mindful of that.”
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“I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.”
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