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
real writing years
I don't write poetry or short stories. I don't like to write articles usually. I tend to really only want to be focused on writing novels. It's one of the real advantages I've had over the years. I've only been good at one thing. It helps to be limited.
doe steps
Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.
people important enough
The dilemma, of course, is that such people save their most important words for after, when the surrounding humans are unlucky enough to find them.
stupid fate clouds
They were glued down, every last one of them. A packet of souls. Was it fate?Misfortune?Is that what glued them down like that?Of course not.Let's not be stupid.It probably had more to do with the hurled bombs, thrown down by humans hiding in the clouds.
memories cutting long
I also fear that nothing really ends at the end. Things just keep going as long as memory can wield its ax, always finding a soft part in your mind to cut through and enter.
walks feels
I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.
stars lying fall
The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I’m falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above me.
loneliness angel laughing
She was like a lone angel floating above the surface of the earth, laughing with delight because she could fly but crying out of loneliness.
true-power power-of-words shakers
The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest.
dog knowing
We expressed love for this dog by ... knowing without showing that we cared for him.
book mean writing
Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now means everything to me. I had many doubts and fears about that book, but some of what I feel are the best ideas in it came to me when I was working away for apparently no result. Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.
distance sky cities
The city buildings in the distance are holding up the sky, it seems.
book writing want
I just want to write someone’s favorite book
queens real beauty-queen
Not a beauty queen. Not one of those. You know the ones. She was real.